leathery

Definition

Having the consistency, feel, or texture of leather.

Etymology

From leather + -y.

Example Sentences

• "The beef jerky was tough and leathery."
• "The Agaricales have basidiocarps which are fleshy to subfleshy or rarely, almost leathery (but if the latter then the hymenophore is not poroid)."
• "It is a staggering work, leathery and reliclike, with most of Pop Art embedded in its fragile surfaces."