piece of leather

collocation in English

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piece
noun[C]
uk
/piːs/us
/piːs/
a part ...
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leather
noun[U]
uk
/ˈleð.ər/us
/ˈleð.ɚ/
animal skin treated in order to preserve it, and used to make shoes, bags, clothes, ...
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(Definition ofpieceandleatherfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Each leg is cut from a singlepieceofleather.
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A fall is a singlepieceofleatherbetween 10 and 30 inches in length.
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Thispieceofleatherwas all that was left to him from his parents.
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Its vamp is made of a singlepieceofleather(one cut).
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Apieceofleatherof several inches in size is hung up.
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The fall is a singlepieceofleatherbetween 10 and 30 inches in length.
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At the bottom of the curve, a thirdpieceofleathergoes under the chin groove of the horse.
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The rest of the cargo included: two pottery sherds, a wooden mallet, and apieceofleather.
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Knights wear a bracelet with a large black bead tied with apieceofleatherstring around the right wrist.
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It is usually performed on the flesh side of apieceofleatherrather than the finished side.
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It added that apieceofleatherfrom the find had already been carbon dated to 2,000 years ago.
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In the very beginning, turnshoes consisted of only onepieceofleathersewn on only one side.
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A 1965 excavation found apieceofleathernear the granary, thought to be part of soldier's jerkin.
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A variation on this is the overlay girth, in which thepieceofleatherin the center is the same curved shape as the girth.
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The miner's apron was a triangular or, more rarely, semi-circularpieceofleatherand was supported by the body belt.
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Toupees were attached by pins, or by sewing the toupee onto apieceofleatherand attaching it as a wig.
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The carbatina was a sandal made from onepieceofleatherwith a soft sole and openwork upper fastened by a lace.
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The uppers are made of onepieceofleatheror textile embroidered and embellished with brass nails, cowry shells, mirrors, bells and ceramic beads.
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Apieceofleatherthe same shape, size, and thickness as the inlay is removed from the covering leather, and the inlay is placed into the resulting space.
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The higher quality tefillin, namely "dakkot" (thin), made by stretching a thinpieceofleather, and the more durable "gassot" (thick) are both fashioned from the single piece of hide.
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At the peak of the curve is apieceofleatherthat runs over the top of nose in a position slightly lower from where a regular cavesson would cross.
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