🧥 Animal skin material 🥾 To whip

to leather

1 9.3

To hit a person or animal with a strap of animal skin to punish them

verb
/ˈlɛðər/

Offensive

: azotar

The trainer leathers the heavy bag during practice to improve his technique.

Examples

In the competition, he leathers the target with precision to score points.
- Who's the lad who leathers the French?

Waterloo (1970)
- Who's the lad who leathers the French?

Waterloo (1970)
It never really bothered me, but it was just quite hard trying to deal with looking after your dad when he's leathered when you're quite at a young age.

Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story (2019)
To train his horse, the cowboy occasionally leathers the saddle to ensure a secure fit.

Synonyms

to cowhide

vsto leather

Offensive

9.9

To beat someone with a heavy leather whip as punishment

strikes with a simple animal skin strap not necessarily as formal punishment

Idioms

hell-for-leather

Informal

1 9.0

As fast as possible

Compounds

patent leather

12 4.0

A hard shiny material made from animal skin used for shoes and bags

white leather

2 3.4

Leather that is pale or white after a special treatment

shoe leather

1 2.1

Skin from an animal that is made into material for shoes

imitation leather

1 3.5

A material made to look and feel like real leather

leather-lunged

Literature

1 9.3

A person who has a very loud, strong voice like a singer in a large hall

suede leather

1 3.7

A soft, velvety animal skin used for shoes, jackets, and furniture

chammy leather

8.2

A soft, flexible material from animal skin that you use to clean and polish

chamois leather

7.3

A soft cloth made from animal skin used to dry and polish surfaces

crushed leather

Specialized

4.6

A type of leather that makers treat so its surface looks wrinkled and textured

leather carp

9.5

A type of carp with smooth skin and few or no scales

leather fern

7.9

A tropical fern with tough, split leaves that grows in wet places

leather flower

9.1

A climbing plant with thick, leather-like outer parts and bell-shaped blooms

leather poisoning

Specialized

9.9

Illness caused by chemicals or dust from making leather that causes skin and breathing problems

leather soap

3.7

A mild cleaner used to clean and soften leather items like shoes

leather strip

3.1

A long narrow piece of leather used for tying or fastening things

leather working

4.0

A craft for making useful things by hand from leather, like wallets and belts

leather-leaved

7.5

Having thick, tough leaves like leather that help the plant keep water

leather-leafed

7.9

Leaves that are thick, tough, and do not bend easily

glove leather

4.4

Soft, flexible animal skin treated to make gloves

goatskin leather

3.7

Soft, strong leather from a goat used for book covers and small items

Russia leather

Archaic

9.9

A strong flexible leather made by treating animal skin with tree bark and scented with birch oil

ooze leather

9.9

A very soft material made from the skin of a young cow with a suede inner surface

shammy leather

6.1

A soft cloth made from animal skin that soaks up water and polishes surfaces

shoe-leather effort

7.4

Hard, persistent work that involves walking, like going door to door

shoe-leather tactic

7.1

A way of working that uses travel and meeting people in person

wash leather

7.3

Soft absorbent cloth used to clean and shine cars and other surfaces

whit leather

Archaic

9.9

Leather treated with salt or alum becomes pale, soft and flexible

How Hard

to flog

NSFW

18 8.3

to leather

Offensive

1 9.3

whip

32 2.5

to beat

NSFW

∞ 1.2

to hit

∞ 1.0

to tap

174 1.0

Surface Forms

leather infinitive

leathered past

leathered past participle

leathering present participle

leathers third person singular

Etymology

Leather as a verb comes from the noun leather, because people used leather straps to hit or punish. So to leather someone is to strike them with a leather strap.