[f. LEATHER sb. + -ETTE.] A fabric composed of cloth and paper, in imitation of leather.
1880. Sat. Rev., 20 Nov., 655. Messrs. Dalziel’s Bible Gallery is bound in vellum and leatherette.
1891. Brit. Weekly, 10 Sept., 308. The volume can be had in leatherette for half-a-crown.
1897. G. M. Hopkins, Exper. Sci. (ed. 17), 329. The bags—which hold one plate each—are made of the stout black paper known in the trade as leatherette.
