whang leather

English

Noun

whang leather (usually uncountable, plural whang leathers)

1. A kind of tough leather.
   • 1916, Boys' Life, volume 5, number 12, page 22:

     This bag is made of whang leather, an oily sort of leather like raw-hide, of which whang-strings are made. The bag, as you may see, is decorated with Indian signs.

   • 2014, Nila Braden, Leather Hinges, page 113:

     He was as tough as whang leather and he was always ready to do anything that any horse near his size could do.