whitleather

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) A soft, pale leather prepared by tawing with alum and salt.
 * 2) * 1836,, Days at My Grandfather’s, (editor), The New Year's Gift and Juvenile Souvenir, page 83,
 * So to keep him out there was a loop of whitleather fastened to the latch, which when hung on the catch let the door stand open about three inches.
 * 1) * 1836,, Days at My Grandfather’s, (editor), The New Year's Gift and Juvenile Souvenir, page 83,
 * So to keep him out there was a loop of whitleather fastened to the latch, which when hung on the catch let the door stand open about three inches.