The skin or hide of a calf; a superior kind of leather made from this, and used in bookbinding, shoemaking, etc. More rarely = vellum, n. 1.
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| 释义 | society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > leather > [noun] > leather from calf-skin (6) calf-skin1704 The skin or hide of a calf; a superior kind of leather made from this, and used in bookbinding, shoemaking, etc. More rarely = vellum, n. 1. calf1716 elliptical. Leather made from the hide or skin of a calf. (More fully calf-leather; see compounds 1.) calf-leather1726 box calf1893 A kind of smooth, firm leather made from calfskin tanned with chrome salts and having a fine grain pattern, used esp. for making shoe uppers. In… ooze calf1894 = ooze leather n. veal calf1895 (a) = sense 2; (b) a variety of leather. |
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