Wash-leather

Full definition of wash-leather

Noun

1. (uncountable) Leather that has been treated so as to be very absorbent. Usually made of sheepskin treated with oil, and used for dusting or as an absorbent lining in pockets, gloves, etc.
• unknown date, Edmund Clerihew Bentley, One of his waistcoat pockets was lined with wash-leather for the reception of his gold watch.
• unknown date, H. Rider Haggard, This combination shirt, of which the seat was made of wash-leather, protected the whole body down to the knees...
2. (countable) A variety, sample, or item of the material.