pleather

English

Etymology

Blend of plastic +‎ leather.

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɛðə(ɹ)

Noun

pleather (usually uncountable, plural pleathers)

  1. Faux leather, usually of polyurethane.
    Hypernym: pseudoleather
    Coordinate term: see pseudoleather § Hyponyms
    • 1983, Elizabeth Bucar, Pious Fashion: How Muslim Women Dress, page 168:
      From the black, belted fur vest and turban-style headgear on the left, to the perforated pleather jacket with gold studs in the middle, to the white shift and black caplet punctuated with ...

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