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Meanings of leatherlike in English

Resembling or made to resemble leather; tough but pliable.

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        Examples for "leathery"
        1
        Least of all by police sergeant Fletcher, played by leathery Bryan Brown.
        Radio NZ
        2
        The eyes in his leathery, brown face had grown hard as jade.
        A Man Four-Square
        3
        Rowan could still recall the feel of his leathery hand on hers.
        The Heiresses
        4
        He jiggled one of the pink, leathery cloves in his right palm.
        I Am Legend
        5
        The outer coating was thin and leathery, and of a dull yellow.
        In the Eastern Seas
        1
        Jerusalem, a human cannon, blasted at the top of his leathered lungs.
        Speaks the Nightbird
        2
        When I told my mother, she leathered me till I couldn't walk.
        Priest
        3
        Certainly not the students, who pile in to get leathered on the cheap.
        The Guardian
        4
        Few builders have failed now to adopt the leathered lip.
        The Recent Revolution in Organ Building / Being an Account of Mo...
        5
        He was leathered by sun and insects worked on him.
        Iron Council
        1
        Swallowing fear he tried again but the slick, coriaceous walls held him fast.
        The last page
        2
        On the barren flank of a rock grows a tree with coriaceous and dry leaves.
        Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of Amer...
        3
        A small-growing tree, with coriaceous leaves, and greenish-yellow flowers.
        Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs
        4
        A neat little shrubby plant, with small ovate, coriaceous leaves, and fragrant yellow and cream flowers.
        Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs
        5
        The rest of the forest furnishes only trees with large, coriaceous, glossy leaves, that have plain edges.
        Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of Amer...
        Usage of leatherlike in English
        1
        He sighed and worked his jaws on the leatherlike substance.
        The Best Made Plans
        2
        Laril watched her odd skin darken; then its shimmer died to reveal a leatherlike hide.
        The evolutionary void
        3
        Wooley managed to shake herself out of her stupor to inspect some of the leatherlike pouches.
        Quest for the well of souls
        4
        Their gloves had an outer layer of leatherlike material and were built to withstand heavy use and scrapes, but Victor was overly cautious anyway.
        Earth Unaware
        Leatherlike through the time