ppl. a. Also 3 i-leðered. [f. LEATHER sb. or v. + -ED.] Covered, † loaded or provided with leather, or leathers. Of a servant: Wearing ‘leathers.’

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a. 1225.  Ancr. R., 418. Ne ne beate ou þer mide, ne mid schurge i-leðered ne i-leaded.

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c. 1400.  Destr. Troy, 5500. Iche shalke hade a shild shapyn of tre, Wele leddrit o lofte.

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1610.  Guillim, Heraldry, VI. ii. (1611), 256. He beareth … a Spurre with the Rowell downwards, Leathered.

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1794.  W. Felton, Carriages (1801), II. 190. The imperial is a leathered case, placed occasionally on the roof of the Coach, for the purpose of carrying Clothes.

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1837.  T. Hook, Jack Brag, xii. A strapping livery servant, jacketed, topped, and leathered for travelling.

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1858.  O. W. Holmes, Aut. Breakf.-t., vii. (1891), 168. Oars of spruce, balanced, leathered and ringed under your own special direction.

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