lether
English edit
Noun edit
lether (countable and uncountable, plural lethers)
Cornish edit
Alternative forms edit
(Revived Middle Cornish) lyther
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lether m (plural letherow)
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old English leþer, from Proto-West Germanic *leþr, from Proto-Germanic *leþrą, from Proto-Indo-European *letróm.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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 edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “lether, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-24.
Adjective edit
lether
- leather (manufactured out of leather)
Descendants edit
- English: leather
References edit
- “lether, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-24.