wash-leather

American  

[wosh-leth-er, wawsh-] / ˈwɒʃˌlɛð ər, ˈwɔʃ- /

Or washleather

noun

1. a soft leather, usually sheepskin, dressed in imitation of chamois.

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Etymology

Origin of wash-leather

First recorded in 1625–35

Example Sentences

The gloves hung loose in his grip, yellow wash-leather gloves with buckles.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

He gladly cut his good-byes short, with an eye on the figure up there against the sky, in dull blue tweed, belted in with white wash-leather.

From The Open Question a tale of two temperaments by Robins, Elizabeth

A bottle, such as is used for infants of the human kind, must have a sort of nipple made of wash-leather fitted to it.

From The Dog by Dinks

So on to a dessert of oranges, pears with wooden hearts and thick yellowish wash-leather flesh, and apples.

From Sea and Sardinia by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)

The article known, in commerce, as chamois, or shammy, leather, is also called wash-leather.

From A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School by Beecher, Catharine Esther