sleeker
(ˈsliːkə(r))
[f. sleek v. + -er1.]
One who sleeks; an implement used for sleeking leather, cloth, etc.
| 1611 Cotgr., Estire, the yron toole wherwith a Currier draynes the skins he receiues from the Tan-pit; some call it a Sleeker. Ibid., Polisseur, a polisher;..sleeker, smoother. 1883 R. Haldane Workshop Rec. Ser. ii. 368/1 The skin is..worked with a ‘sleeker’ or stretching-iron. |