vegetable leather

noun — 2 senses

vegetable leather

noun

1

A type of synthetic leather made of cotton waste.

2

Linen cloth coated with india rubber.

Vegetable leather […]is now produced 50 yards in length , and 11 yards wide , every portion being of equal and of any required thickness , and the smallest portion is convertible1839, Andrew Ure, A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines:

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