pleather

English

Etymology

Blend of plastic +‎ leather.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛðə(ɹ)

Noun

pleather (usually uncountable, plural pleathers)

1. Faux leather, usually of polyurethane.

   Hypernym: pseudoleather

   Coordinate term: see pseudoleather § Hyponyms

   • 1983, Elizabeth Bucar, Pious Fashion: How Muslim Women Dress, page 168:

     From the black, belted fur vest and turban-style headgear on the left, to the perforated pleather jacket with gold studs in the middle, to the white shift and black caplet punctuated with ...

Coordinate terms

• latex
• Naugahyde
• PVC
• rubber
• vinyl

 

Translations

Translations

• Spanish: antelina f, polipeli m or f

See also

• Corinthian leather
• leather