Leathered (Adjective)
Meaning
Resembling or made to resemble leather; tough but pliable.
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- Her calloused and worn skin looked leathery after decades of outdoor labor.
- The newly minted business school grad adjusted her freshly printed ID tag which swung gently on the leathered thong tied tightly around her neck.
- Within several short seasons in Africa he returned having bronzed so excessively that his normally smooth skin texture took on a distinctive leathery quality.
- Dino watched as Janice made a pot of stew while moving to get to the kitchen a bunch of dried out leathery apricots that hung off one of the ceiling's wooden beams.
- Once again today a tan has been darkly spreading over Joan's delicate features through leathery and parched skin from too much time in UV out under the sun's potentially sweltering blaze.