literal. Kid; but always used in the sense of the full cheverel-leather, kid-leather. (Noted for its pliancy and capability of being stretched.)

leather made from sheepskin.

Morocco leather; = Morocco, adj. 2. Obsolete.

A leather made from goatskins or sheepskins tanned with sumac and dyed in bright colours. Also saffian leather.

lambskin.

The skin of a kid, esp. such skin tanned and used for gloves; also applied to skins of lambs and other animals used for this purpose. Also attributive…

Sheepskin tanned in bark; distinguished from roan, which is tanned in sumac. Often attributive.

(a) The skin of a kid. (b) Leather made from kid-skins, or from lamb-skins, or other substitutes; chiefly used in the manufacture of gloves and…

= sense B. 2.

Sheep-skin tanned in oak- or larch-bark; distinguished from roan, which is tanned in sumac.

= sense B. 2.

Leather prepared from the skin of lambs.

A kind of fine flexible leather made (originally in Morocco) from goatskin tanned with sumac, used esp. in bookbinding, shoemaking, and upholstery…

A thin kind of dressed leather split from the grain side of a sheep-skin and tanned in sumac, used for bookbinding, lining hats, and other…

A thin kind of goat-skin leather used for gloves.

(see quot.).

The name of a chrome-tanned kid leather used for shoes and boots. Frequently attributive, esp. as Vici kid.

A type of leather resembling kid, made from goat, sheep, or calf skin. Frequently attributive.

A soft leather prepared (usually) from sheepskin or goatskin by tawing with alum or chromium salts. Also more fully nappa leather.

Glove leather made from goat-skins; it is given a very soft finish of a grey colour.

A type of fine sheepskin or (occasionally) goatskin leather, used esp. for making gloves.

A soft leather made from South African hair sheepskin.

(see 1885 glove-calf n.).