leathery

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. resembling or made to resemble leather; tough but pliableSynonyms: coriaceousleatheredleatherlike
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Leath′er·y adjective

Resembling leather in appearance or consistency; tough; as, nothing but a leathery steak left to eat. “A leathery skin.” Nehemiah Grew

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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