cabretta

noun

ca·​bret·​ta kə-ˈbre-tə 

: a light soft leather from skins of hairy sheep

Examples of cabretta in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Enter TravisMathew’s Cuater Premier ($30) that’s made of flexible cabretta leather. —Scott Kramer, Forbes, 7 Nov. 2021

Score deals on Srixon's All Weather and Cabretta golf gloves, made with cabretta leather. —Fortune, 11 July 2017

Word History

Etymology

perhaps borrowed from Spanish or Portuguese cabra "goat" + -etta, variant of -ette as a commercial name for imitations of natural fabrics (as leatherette) — more at cabrilla

Note: The history of this name, which first appears in commercial transactions in the 1890's, is obscure. The leather called cabretta does not appear to ever have been made from goatskin.

First Known Use

1894, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for cabretta

• beretta
• vendetta
• betta
• keta
• setae
• henrietta
• operetta
• typothetae
• periplaneta