Leather which has been dyed red, used to make clothing, upholstery, bindings for books, etc.

Scottish. Blacked leather. Obsolete.

= frizzed leather (frizzed adj. at frizz, v.1 derivatives).

A species of untanned leather with a rough granular surface, prepared from the skin of the horse, ass, etc., or of the shark, seal, etc., and…

A species of skin or leather with a rough surface: now commonly spelt shagreen, n.

leather ‘waxed’ or finished on the ‘flesh’ side; also attributive.

Leather with a glossy, varnished surface. Also as a count noun.

leather finished so as to have a smooth, lustrous surface resembling that of satin; cf. satin oil n.

japanned leather (see quot. 1877); japanned peacock, japanned peafowl, the black-winged peafowl, Pavo cristatus mut. nigripennis.

A kind of perfumed leather. Cf. Spanish leather n. at Spanish, adj. n.1adv. compounds 2.

leather dressed with the ‘grain-side’ outwards.

Soft leather, originally esp. kidskin, which has been rubbed or buffed to make a slightly rough napped surface. Also: any fabric finished to resemble…

leather that has been pebbled (pebble, v. 3).

(a) n. soft leather which has been rubbed or buffed to make a slightly rough napped surface; = sense B. 2a; (b) adj. made of or covered with suede.

calfskin through which dye has been forced by mechanical means, used for the uppers of boots and shoes, and in bookbinding.

leather which is blacked, as opposed to patent leather.

spec. Of leather. Short for grain-leather n. at compounds 2 (see sense compounds 2).

= patent leather, n. Frequently attributive.

Tanning. = ooze leather n. at compounds.