Antonyms for leathered

Grammar : Verb

Spell : leth -er

Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɛð ər

Definition of leathered

Origin : Old English leðer (in compounds only) "hide, skin, leather," from Proto-Germanic *lethran (cf. Old Norse leðr, Old Frisian lether, Old Saxon lethar, Middle Dutch, Dutch leder, Old High German ledar, German leder), from PIE *letro- "leather" (cf. Old Irish lethar, Welsh lledr, Breton lezr). As an adjective from early 14c.; it acquired a secondary sense of "sado-masochistic" 1980s, having achieved that status in homosexual jargon in the 1970s.

As in spank : verb slap, usually on bottom
As in tan : verb flog, whip
As in flog : verb whip, lash

Example sentences :

Leathered me; I howled, but wouldn't spell; I was always bad to beat.
Extract from : « Put Yourself in His Place » by Charles Reade

The arrows are reeds tipped with iron, and leathered on two sides only.
Extract from : « Castes and Tribes of Southern India » by Edgar Thurston

Father has leathered me for it at home, and Clerk Jones at school.
Extract from : « Johnny Ludlow, Second Series » by Mrs. Henry Wood

The backstays should be leathered in the wake of the tops and lower yards.
Extract from : « The Seaman's Friend » by Richard Henry Dana

I saw the lady's leathered hat, making a little dash of green among the drab of the riding coats.
Extract from : « Martin Hyde, The Duke's Messenger » by John Masefield

He has leathered me worse than the gentleman you spoke of, and without half so much to be said against him.
Extract from : « Springhaven » by R. D. Blackmore

The last time I spoke to a priest it's what he leathered me with a stick; may the divil fly away with him.
Extract from : « Where There is Nothing » by William Butler Yeats

Ol man Dort settled back with a sigh, an Eugene leathered up his razor without sayin anything for a minute or two.
Extract from : « Friar Tuck » by Robert Alexander Wason

That aggravated me bitter, and up I ran, and leathered t' fellow well with my stick.
Extract from : « The Kangaroo Hunters » by Anne Bowman

In the big, leathered rest room, a comfortable corner was available, and here our quartette soon ensconced themselves.
Extract from : « Jane Allen: Center » by Edith Bancroft

Synonyms for leathered

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