1738 116/1 Archibald Murrey was indicted for stealing five Pieces of Butt-leather, cut out for Shoe-Soles.
1902 H. C. Standage vii. 81 Leather machinery belting is made by tanning butt leather in oak bark.
2001 G. E. Wickens xv. 289 The shoulder and belly leathers are then trimmed, leaving the thicker and more valuable butt leather from the back and sides.