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noun
A type of chromium-tanned calfskin leather with a regular grain of rectangular lines.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
black calfskin leather tanned with chromium salts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: calf, calfskin
History
Named by White Bros. & Co. after Joseph Box, a London bootmaker.
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