ooze leather

noun

Leather made from sheep and calf skins by mechanically forcing ooze through their pores; especially, such leather with a soft, finely granulated suede-like finish (sometimes called velvet finish) applied to the flesh side for special purposes. Ooze leather is used for shoe uppers, in bookbinding, making wallets or handbags, mostly.

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Meanings

nounooze leather (countable and uncountable, plural ooze leathers)

plural ooze leathers

  1. countableuncountableLeather made from sheep and calf skins by mechanically forcing ooze through their pores; especially, such leather with a soft, finely granulated suede-like finish (sometimes called velvet finish) applied to the flesh side for special purposes. Ooze leather is used for shoe uppers, in bookbinding, making wallets or handbags, mostly.
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