(countable and uncountable) Leather that is used to make shoes. / (uncountable) Leather from which shoes are made that is worn out through walking.

Basic, old-fashioned or traditional; specifically (journalism) shoe-leather journalism or shoe-leather reporting: journalism involving walking from place to place observing things and speaking to people, rather than sitting indoors at a desk.

(slang, vulgar) anus

plural of leather cheerio

An imitation of leather made of cotton waste. / Linen cloth coated with india rubber.

A variety of asbestos with a leather-like texture.

Thin, oil-tanned leather suitable for cutting into lacings for machine belts.

Split sheepskin dressed with oil, in imitation of chamois, or shammy, and used for dusting, cleaning glass or plate, etc. / Alumed, or buff, leather for soldiers' belts.

A scaleless carp.

Puréed fruit that has been poured on a flat surface to form a layer, then dehydrated, yielding a dry, thin, pliable food product that resembles a sheet of leather.