shoe leathern.
a. Leather for the making of shoes; the leather of which (one's) shoes are made.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > leather > [noun] > leather for boots or shoes
sole-leather1408
clout-leathera1500
bend-leather1581
footing1591
upper leather1629
capping-leathera1642
shoe leather1660
crop-sole1824
pannus corium1841
shoe-butt1858
rough stuff1860
zug1899
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > parts of footwear > [noun] > leather
shoe leather1660
1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall 13 A sucker,..upon which is nail'd a good thick piece of tan'd shoe Leather.
1818 Lady Morgan in Passages from Autobiogr. (1859) 119 As good a lad as ever stepped in shoe-leather.
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Shoe-leather, leather for shoes.
1888 A. Jessopp Coming of Friars ii. 89 The poor man's loaf was..as tough as his shoe-leather.
b. put for the wear of shoes in walking.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > parts of footwear > [noun] > leather > for the wear of shoes in walking
shoe leather1576
1576 A. Fleming tr. P. Manutius in Panoplie Epist. 319 He counteth me..such a one as is altogether unworthy of a litle shoe leather, when he is sent for.
1675 V. Alsop Anti-Sozzo iii. 114 No need to look out, if they had sufficient at Home, they might save Shooe leather.
1874 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera IV. xliv. 166 He walked to Ulverstone; spent nothing but shoe-leather on the road.
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