Meanings
nounleatherwork (countable and uncountable, plural leatherworks)
plural leatherworks
- countableuncountableThe making of articles from leather.
In addition to their leatherwork, woodwork, stonework, and bonework, the Chipewyan also worked in metal.
2006, Carl Waldman, Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes, page 65 - countableuncountableArticles thus produced.
Sympathy is stencilling Her decorative leatherwork
1940, John Betjeman, Group Life: Letchworth
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
Translations
Bulgarian кожарство
- кожарство (kožarstvo)manufacture of articles from leather
Polish kaletnictwo
- kaletnictwomanufacture of articles from leather
Russian коже́вничество
- коже́вничество (kožévničestvo)manufacture of articles from leather
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