leather - an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanningalligator - leather made from alligator's hide buckskin - a soft yellowish suede leather originally from deerskin but now usually from sheepskin buff - a soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo or oxen ooze leather - a very soft leather made from the skins of calves and having a suede finish on the flesh side Russia leather - a smooth leather tanned with willow, birch, or oak, and scented on the flesh side with birch oil cordovan - a fine leather originally made in Cordoba, Spain deerskin - leather from the hide of a deer doeskin - soft leather from deerskin or lambskin kidskin, kid - soft smooth leather from the hide of a young goat; "kid gloves" mocha - soft suede glove leather from goatskin morocco - a soft pebble-grained leather made from goatskin; used for shoes and book bindings etc. pigskin - leather from the skin of swine sheepskin, fleece - tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on; used for clothing suede - leather with a napped surface roan - a soft sheepskin leather that is colored and finished to resemble morocco; used in bookbinding |