leathering
- present participle of leather.
Example Sentences
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We know he practised at Flushing Meadows on Tuesday after his opening win – seemingly testing out his playing arm by leathering some forehands - and also hit on Wednesday morning.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2025
Angela Merkel takes a particularly personal beating, with the front page of Libero featuring a picture of Mario Balotelli leathering a ball featuring the superimposed face of the German chancellor.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 29, 2012
An eye-catching rally ensues on the first of those match points, with both men leathering groundstokes from the baseline and feathering drop shots at the net.
From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2010
But then you see as his short-windedness would be agen us, and it wouldn’t do to be allus drowning the high parts with so much leathering.
From Original Penny Readings A Series of Short Sketches by Fenn, George Manville
But—luckily for himself—he has never qualified for a leathering from Jack Merrivale, late of California.
From The Odds And Other Stories by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)
