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GNU Webster's 1913
- In decorative art, boiled leather, fitted by the process to receive impressed patterns, like those produced by chasing metal, and to retain the impression permanently.
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chained_bear HA! Nov 8, 2007
sionnach This would have been an apposite term for the mystery meat served weekly at my high school. Sometimes it was in the form of a stew or casserole, or cuirbouillabaisse. Nov 8, 2007
chained_bear Boiled leather, used as a form of light armor, more commonly spelled cuirboille. Nov 7, 2007