Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

leatherine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: leather-ine
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of imitation leather.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"[…] leather covers, cloth lined, one pocket in cover, parchment leaves, bound with leatherine, two paper pockets, holds two dozen Flies […]"

Etymology

From leather + -ine.

Usage

Inflected Forms

leatherines (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

see pseudoleather § Hyponyms

Questions

What does leatherine mean?: A kind of imitation leather.
Where does leatherine come from?: From leather + -ine.

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