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box calf

American  

noun

  1. a chrome-tanned calfskin with square markings produced by graining.

box calf British  

noun

  1. black calfskin leather, tanned with chromium salts, having a pattern of fine creases formed by boarding

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Etymology

Origin of box calf

1900–05, allegedly after Joseph Box, a London bootmaker

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