glove leather

noun

: a soft lightweight leather

Examples of glove leather in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The designer rose to the challenge, using by applying his printing technique to the thinnest glove leather. Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 12 Apr. 2024 And Napa glove leather is used to make supple leather jumpsuits in a deep red with orange undertones or black. Colleen Barry, ajc, 25 Sep. 2022 By February, spring products such as trunks and additional accessories such as glove leather money clips will be released. Maury Brown, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2021 This includes items ranging from hoodies and tee-shirts to glove leather handbags, totes, and key rings. Maury Brown, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2021 Sensations of baseball — the smell of glove leather and grass and the crack and clunk of bat on ball — will be threaded through the game when teams from Connecticut and New York City play on Saturday. Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com, 13 Oct. 2021 Colorful stripes have been almost as important to the brand’s legacy as the baseball-glove leather it’s been using to craft the handbags since 1941. Laurie Brookins, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Feb. 2020 The upper was made of garment or glove leather, much softer and more pliable than the leather used for other sneakers at the time, hence the wrinkles around the toe. Nicholas Smith, Time, 30 Apr. 2018

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Word History

First Known Use

1721, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of glove leather was in 1721

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“Glove leather.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glove%20leather. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.

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