hemlock leather

noun

Leather that has been tanned with hemlock.

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Meanings

nounhemlock leather (countable and uncountable, plural hemlock leathers)

plural hemlock leathers

  1. countableuncountableLeather that has been tanned with hemlock.

    The color of slaughter hemlock-leather is better than that from dry hides and it is more pliable than that made from dry or salted hides.

    1877, United States. War Department, Annual Reports of the War Department, volume 1, page 256
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