Word Meanings - CHAPARAJOS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Overalls of sheepskin or leather, usually open at the back, worn, esp. by cowboys, to protect the legs from thorny bushes, as in

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• PROTECT
  To cover or shield from danger or injury; to defend; to guard; to preserve in safety; as, a father protects his children. The gods of Greece protect you! Shak. Syn. -- To guard; shield; preserve. See Defend.
• SHEEPSKIN
  1. The skin of a sheep; or, leather prepared from it. 2. A diploma; -- so called because usually written or printed on parchment prepared from the skin of the sheep.
• PROTECTRESS; PROTECTRIX
  A woman who protects.
• LEATHERWOOD
  A small branching shrub , with a white, soft wood, and a tough, leathery bark, common in damp woods in the Northern United States; -- called also moosewood, and wicopy. Gray.
• PROTECTORIAL
  See PROTECTORAL
• LEATHERBACK
  A large sea turtle , having no bony shell on its back. It is common in the warm and temperate parts of the Atlantic, and sometimes weighs over a thousand pounds; -- called also leather turtle, leathery turtle, leather-backed tortoise, etc.
• LEATHERY
  Resembling leather in appearance or consistence; tough. "A leathery skin." Grew.
• PROTECTORLESS
  Having no protector; unprotected.
• PROTECTIVE
  Affording protection; sheltering; defensive. " The favor of a protective Providence." Feltham. Protective coloring , coloring which serves for the concealment and preservation of a living organism. Cf. Mimicry. Wallace. -- Protective tariff ,
• THORNY
  1. Full of thorns or spines; rough with thorns; spiny; as, a thorny wood; a thorny tree; a thorny crown. 2. Like a thorn or thorns; hence, figuratively, troublesome; vexatious; harassing; perplexing. "The thorny point of bare distress." Shak. The
• PROTECTIONIST
  One who favors protection. See Protection, 4.
• PROTECTIVENESS
  The quality or state of being protective. W. Pater.
• LEATHER
  1. The skin of an animal, or some part of such skin, tanned, tawed, or otherwise dressed for use; also, dressed hides, collectively. 2. The skin. Note: Leather is much used adjectively in the sense of made of, relating to, or like, leather. Leather
• LEATHERET; LEATHERETTE
  An imitation of leather, made of paper and cloth.
• OVERALLS
  1. A kind of loose trousers worn over others to protect them from soiling. 2. Waterproof leggings. R. D. Blackmore.
• PROTECTIONISM
  The doctrine or policy of protectionists. See Protection, 4.
• LEATHERN
  Made of leather; consisting of. leather; as, a leathern purse. "A leathern girdle about his loins." Matt. iii. 4.
• LEATHERHEAD
  The friar bird.
• PROTECTORSHIP
  , The office of a protector or regent; protectorate.
• PROTECTINGLY
  By way of protection; in a protective manner.
• OVERLEATHER
  Upper leather. Shak.
• WHITLEATHER
  The paxwax. See Paxwax. (more info) 1. Leather dressed or tawed with alum, salt, etc., remarkable for its pliability and toughness; white leather.