Leather Leather is a strong, flexible and durable material obtained from the tanning (leather), tanning, or chemical treatment, of animal skins and hides to prevent decay. The most common leathers come from cattle, sheep, goats, equine animals, buffal ...

is a material created through the tanning of hides and skins of animals. Leather or Leathers may also refer to:

People

Leather (surname) Leather is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Diane Leather (1933–2018), English athlete and first woman to run a sub-5-minute mile * Edwin Leather, conservative politician in the United Kingdom, and Governor of Bermuda * Ella ...

Leather (comics) ''Secret Files and Origins'' (abbreviated ''SF&O'') is a series of one-shot comic books and miniseries produced by DC Comics during the late 1990s and 2000s. Publication history The books are a combination of origin stories (similar to the earli ...

, a character from DC Comics *

Leather Tuscadero ''Happy Days'' is an American television sitcom that aired first-run on the ABC network from January 15, 1974, to July 19, 1984, with a total of 255 half-hour episodes spanning 11 seasons. Created by Garry Marshall, it was one of the most succ ...

, a character from the television sitcom ''

Happy Days ''Happy Days'' is an American television sitcom that aired first-run on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC network from January 15, 1974, to July 19, 1984, with a total of 255 half-hour episodes spanning 11 seasons. Created by Garry Marsha ...

'' * Catherine Anne Leone, metal vocalist known professionally as

Leather Leone Catherine Anne Leone, known professionally as Leather Leone, is an American heavy metal vocalist, best known for fronting the groups Rude Girl and Chastain in the 1980s. She released one solo album, ''Shock Waves'', in 1989, before taking a t ...

* Viscount Leathers

Music

* ''Leather'' (album), an album by Cody Johnson * "Leathers" (Deftones song), a song by Deftones from ''Koi No Yokan'' * ''

Läther ''Läther'' (, or "''Leather''") is the sixty-fifth official album by Frank Zappa. It was released posthumously as a three-CD set on Rykodisc in 1996. The album's title is derived from bits of comic dialog that link the songs. Zappa also explaine ...

'' (pronounced "leather"), a Frank Zappa album * "Leather", a song by Tori Amos from ''

Little Earthquakes ''Little Earthquakes'' is the debut solo album by the American singer-songwriter Tori Amos, featuring the singles " Silent All These Years", "China", "Winter" and " Crucify". After Atlantic Records rejected the first version of the album, Amos b ...

Sports

*Various types of

ball A ball is a round object (usually spherical, but sometimes ovoid) with several uses. It is used in ball games, where the play of the game follows the state of the ball as it is hit, kicked or thrown by players. Balls can also be used for s ...

s made of leather: **

Cricket ball A cricket ball is a hard, solid ball used to play cricket. A cricket ball consists of a cork (material), cork core wound with String (structure), string then a leather cover stitched on, and manufacture is regulated by cricket law at first-clas ...

Ball (gridiron football) In Northern America, a football (also called a pigskin) is a ball, roughly in the form of a lemon, used in the context of playing gridiron football. Footballs are often made of cowhide leather, as such a material is required in professional and ...

Baseball (ball) A baseball is the ball used in the sport of baseball. It consists of a rubber or cork center wrapped in yarn and covered with white natural horsehide or cowhide, or a synthetic composite leather. A regulation baseball is in circumference i.e ...

Other uses

Leather subculture Leather subculture denotes practices and styles of dress organized around Human sexual activity, sexual activities that involve leather garments, such as leather jackets, vests, boots, chaps, Bondage harness, harnesses, or other items. Wearing le ...

Motorcycle leathers To improve motorcycle safety, many countries mandate the wearing of personal protective equipment such as protective clothing and helmets. Protective clothing may include certain types of jackets, gloves, boots, and pants. Jackets meant for mo ...

, protective one- or two-piece suits worn by motorcyclists, mainly for protection in a crash *

Fruit leather Dried fruit is fruit from which the majority of the original water content has been removed prior to cooking or being eaten on its own. Food drying, Drying may occur either naturally, by sun, through the use of industrial food dehydrator, dehydra ...

, a type of food with a leather-like texture

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