| 单词 | whang leather |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhang leather whang leather n. North American tough leather, esp. rawhide, suitable to be made into thongs, laces, etc.; also in similative expressions as the type of something tough. ΚΠ 1837 A. Wetmore et al. Gazetteer Missouri 313 He never would be content to make his moccasins like any other white man, with a good piece of tanned deer-skin, and whang leather to sew them with. 1902 N.Y. Times 29 June 26/1 Don Pickett is a prospector with a frame of tempered steel and thews and muscles as tough as whang leather. 1937 C. Richter Sea of Grass (1965) i. i. 4 A brown buckskin partly cut away in strips for whang leather. 2002 P. Jiles Enemy Women (2003) 22 The fenders and girths of their saddles were scarred and repaired with whang leather. < as lemmas |
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