Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

leatherbritches

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: leatherbritch-es
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Green beans strung on thread for drying and storage.

Example Sentences

"Sally sat on the porch threading beans on strings to make leatherbritches, and five long strings of pods already hung above her from the porch rafters to dry."
"Beans that were strung and dried in the pod were called shuck beans, shucky beans, or leatherbritches (Clark 1998), depending on the region."

Etymology

From a resemblance to leather britches or trousers once dried.

Inflected Forms

leather-britches (alternative) leather britches (alternative)

Synonyms

shucky beans

Questions

What does leatherbritches mean?: Green beans strung on thread for drying and storage.
Where does leatherbritches come from?: From a resemblance to leather britches or trousers once dried.

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