Leatherhead

Origin

leather + head?

Full definition of leatherhead

Noun

1. The friarbird.
• 1855, William Howitt, Land, labor and gold: or, Two years in Victoria (volume 2, page 38)The piping-crows, the laughing-jackasses, the odd leatherheads, and the coach-wheel birds, all gave us their old music, and brought back pleasant memories of travel.