pleather

American  

[pleth-er] / ˈplɛð ər /

noun

1. imitation leather made of plastic (often used attributively).

   She wore a crisp white T-shirt under a pastel blue pleather jacket—cute, edgy, and comfy.

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Etymology

Origin of pleather

First recorded in 1980–85; p(lastic) ( def. ) + leather ( def. )

Example Sentences

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pleather

Toby is everywhere: in menu drawings, as a pleather stuffed toy, as a statue, and — on opening day — even shaped as an ice cream bar.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026

It was one of those old-school neighborhood pasta joints: maroon pleather booths, oak bar, white paper over sticky red-check tablecloths.

From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2025

In recent years, researchers and designers have started to produce textiles from bacterial cellulose as an alternative to leather and pleather, some of which are already on the market.

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 9, 2024

Look at all these new characters we can create, her work seems to say, as she presents a punk band manager who vapes underneath a pleather niqab.

From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2023

Instead, they both cross the room and sit on the green pleather chairs pushed up against the wall.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day