leathered, ppl. a.
(ˈlɛðəd)
Also 3 i-leðered.
[f. leather n. or v. + -ed.]
a. Covered, † loaded or provided with leather, or leathers. Of a servant: Wearing ‘leathers’.
| a 1225 Ancr. R. 418 Ne ne beate ou þer mide, ne mid schurge i-leðered ne i-leaded. c 1400 Destr. Troy 5500 Iche shalke hade a shild shapyn of tre, Wele leddrit o lofte. 1610 J. Guillim Heraldry vi. ii. (1611) 256 He beareth..a Spurre with the Rowell downwards, Leathered. 1794 W. Felton Carriages (1801) II. 190 The imperial is a leathered case, placed occasionally on the roof of the Coach, for the purpose of carrying Clothes. 1837 T. Hook Jack Brag xii, A strapping livery servant, jacketed, topped, and leathered for travelling. 1858 O. W. Holmes Aut. Breakf.-t. vii. (1891) 168 Oars of spruce, balanced, leathered and ringed under your own special direction. |
b. Made into, or like, leather.
| 1797 in G. B. Goode Fisheries U.S.: Hist. & Methods (1887) II. 435 By walking it [seal-skin] becomes leathered and soft to the foot. 1869 S. Bowles Our New West 444 If you bring a liver not entirely leathered and lungs not over half consumed. 1970 L. Jeffers My Blackness is Beauty of this Land 9 His face was leathered, lean, and strong, Gashed with struggle scars. |