lether
English
Noun
lether (countable and uncountable, plural lethers)
- Obsolete spelling of leather.
Cornish
Alternative forms
(Revived Middle Cornish) lyther
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Revived Late Cornish) IPA(key): [ˈlɛθɐr]
Noun
lether m (plural letherow)
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old English leþer, from Proto-West Germanic *leþr, from Proto-Germanic *leþrą, from Proto-Indo-European *letróm.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɛðər/, /ˈlɛːðər/, /ˈlɛdər/
Noun
lether (plural letheris)
- leather (tanned animal hides)
- A leather good or item.
- An unworked or untanned hide.
- (rare, Late Middle English) An ocular tumor.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “lether, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 24 August 2018.
Adjective
lether
- leather (manufactured out of leather)
Descendants
- English: leather
References
- “lether, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 24 August 2018.