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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

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Etymology

Origin of white leather

1400–50; late Middle English; whitleather

Example Sentences

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When we first meet him, he is wearing a striking white leather biking outfit: “I wanted him to be like a light at night on this bike and a shiny toy for Colin.”

From Los Angeles Times

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

The only two aesthetic exceptions are an LED screen behind the stage and the theater seats, which were white leather and are now plush red.

From Los Angeles Times

"He was wearing this white leather jacket and just seemed really, really fun. He said how nice my dress was."

From BBC

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