"wash-leather" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wash-leathers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} wash-leather (countable and uncountable, plural wash-leathers)
  1. 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. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (leather that has been treated so as to be very absorbent): гюдерия (gjuderija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), vaskeskind [neuter] (Danish), zeemleer [neuter] (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-wash-leather-en-noun-uwv9PUJB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of 'leather that has been treated so as to be very absorbent': 90 10
  2. Buff leather for regimental belts. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-wash-leather-en-noun-HZKbdPQC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: chamois leather

Inflected forms

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