wash-leather
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of wash-leather
First recorded in 1625–35
Example Sentences
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The gloves hung loose in his grip, yellow wash-leather gloves with buckles.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
"You have a plan, I can see that," said the Sergeant, shrewdly, polishing upon a piece of wash-leather the silver spoon which he habitually carried.
From The Firebrand by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
A bung was cut to fit the top of the tube; a piece of wash-leather being placed over it, to ensure its being perfectly water tight.
From For Name and Fame Or Through Afghan Passes by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
And I well remember a wash-leather glove of unusual size which was kept in the wood-basket for the greater convenience of making up the fire during divine service.
From Fifteen Chapters of Autobiography by George William Erskine Russell
The bells are struck by mallets, which are of two kinds—a pair of hard wood for forte passages, and a pair covered 124 with wash-leather for piano effects.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various
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