white leather

American

noun

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

white leather British

noun

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; cf. whitleather

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white leather

The restored 1972 Chevy C10 is finished in a burnt orange exterior, paired with a pearlescent white leather interior.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2026

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

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

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 6, 2024

Can you speak to the importance of Jamie's white leather fringe jacket throughout the film?

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2023

A girl with pink hair and heavily lined eyes yells over the noise from her perch on the end of one of the white leather sectionals.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

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