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WHITLEATHER

\wˈɪtlɛðə], \wˈɪtlɛðə], \w_ˈɪ_t_l_ɛ_ð_ə]\

Definitions of WHITLEATHER

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language

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Leather dressed with alum, &c., pliable and tough.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

Leather dressed with alum, salt, &c., remarkable for its pliability and toughness; popularly, a broad, tough, white ligament on the neck of quadrupeds.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

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