leather
要点なめし、皮
意味
- (動物の)なめし皮
- (またleather product)皮製品
- …をむちで打つ
例文
She is wearing a leather belt around her waist.
彼女は腰に革のベルトをしている。
The leather jacket has worn out at the elbows.
その皮製の上着の両肘部分が擦り減って穴が空いた。
The leather jacket has worn out at the elbow.
その革製の上着の両肘の部分が擦り減って穴があいた。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English lether, from Old English leþer (“leather”), from Proto-West Germanic *leþr, from Proto-Germanic *leþrą (“leather”), possibly borrowed from Proto-Celtic *ɸlitrom, *letros, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥tro- (“skin, hide”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Leder (“leather”), West Frisian leare (“leather”), Low German Leder (“leather”), Dutch leder, leer (“leather”), German Leder (“leather”), Danish læder (“leather”), Swedish läder (“leather”), Icelandic leður (“leather”). Compare also English fell (“skin, hide, pelt”), film.