vegetan
English
Etymology
Blend of vegetable + tan
Noun
vegetan
- Vegetable-tanned leather, typically cow skin tanned using plant-derived tannins rather than chemicals.
- Vegetan is a stiffer leather that takes tooling very well, but it is easily damaged by water without further treatment.
- A synthetic microfibre, intended to be used as a vegan substitute for leather.
- 2006, "Eco hero: Galahad Clark", Telegraph.co.uk, Sep 12, 2006
- Today, its shoes are made from 'vegetan' and chrome-free leather (chrome is usually used in the dyeing process) for the uppers,
- 2006, "Eco hero: Galahad Clark", Telegraph.co.uk, Sep 12, 2006
Anagrams
- ventage
Spanish
Verb
vegetan
- Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes?) present indicative form of vegetar.
- (used formally in Spain) Second-person plural present indicative form of vegetar.