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white leather

American  

noun

  1. leather treated with chemicals, as alum or salt; tawed leather.


white leather British  

noun

  1. Also called: whitleather.  leather that has been treated with a chemical, such as alum or salt, to make it white

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of white leather

1400–50; late Middle English; cf. whitleather

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She wears battered white leather sandals; at the top of the frame, we see the very bottoms of a slip and a skirt.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 12, 2025

Combs would regularly bring "random women" there to party, turning up with an entourage of dozens of people in "three white jeeps, with white rims and white leather seats", they say.

From BBC Feb. 5, 2025

One video opens with a large white leather handbag covered in the signature LV logo of Louis Vuitton.

From Seattle Times Jan. 6, 2024

Diesel walked onto the stage solo, molded in a white leather ensemble emblazoned with an X on its back, as his co-stars in the upcoming sequel “Fast X” exited stage right.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 28, 2023

It was navy blue with white leather binding, like half a dozen other suitcases that had just been carried off the train.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger

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