Patent Leather Definition
pat'nt
noun
Leather with a hard, glossy, usually black finish: made by a process formerly patented.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Patent Leather
Noun
Singular:
patent leather
Plural:
patent leathersOrigin of Patent Leather
So called because it is made by a once-patented process
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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