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Webster 1913 Edition


Whitleather

Whit′leathˊer

,
Noun.
[
White
+
leather
.]
1.
Leather dressed or tawed with alum, salt, etc., remarkable for its pliability and toughness; white leather.
2.
(Anat.)
The paxwax. See
Paxwax
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Whitleather

WHITLEATHER

, WHITLETHER,
Noun.
[white and leather.] Lether dressed with alum, remarkable for its toughness.
In common use, the ligaments of animals, when in food.

Definition 2024


whitleather

whitleather

English

Noun

whitleather (uncountable)

  1. A soft, pale leather prepared by treatment with alum and salt (tawing)

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