Synonyms for leathered
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : leth -er |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɛð ər |
Top 10 synonyms for leathered Other synonyms for the word leathered
- box
- buffet
- cane
- clout
- cuff
- dust someone's britches
- ferule
- flagellate
- flax
- flay
- give the cat o'nine tails
- hide
- hit
- lambaste
- larrup
- lash
- lather
- leather
- lick
- paddle
- paddlewhack
- punch
- punish
- put over one's knee
- scourge
- sock
- spank
- strap
- strike
- stripe
- switch
- tan
- tan one's hide
- trim
- trounce
- wallop
- warm someone's seat
- wax
- welt
- whack
- whale
- whip
- whomp
- whop
- whup
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for leathered
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