RUSSIA LEATHER


Meaning of RUSSIA LEATHER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈrə-shə- ]

noun

Etymology: Russia, Europe

Date: 1658

: leather made by tanning various skins with willow, birch, or oak and then rubbing the flesh side with a phenolic oil distilled from a European birch — called also Russia calf

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