leather scraps

Tannery waste material

Leather scraps are leftover pieces of leather from cutting or manufacturing—the irregular fragments that remain after hides are cut into usable shapes for bags, shoes, or garments.

Crafters buy leather scraps cheaply for small projects: I made the wallet from leather scraps I got at the craft store.

The term also describes worn or deteriorating leather: The old jacket was reduced to leather scraps.

Related

pieces · cuttings · suede · rawhide · cobbler · workshop · craft · craft supplies · stitching · patchwork · trimmings · shoemaker · shoe repair · wallet · belt · grain · tooling · punch

Opposites
completeness/wholeness

leather scrapsprime cuts

Best portions of meat

value/quality grade

leather scrapsfull-grain leather

Hide with original surface

material type

leather scrapssynthetic leather

Man-made hide substitute

faux leather · vegan leather · pleather · fabric scraps · leatherette

Family

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G