Leatheroid

Description

[Presspahn] A trademark for a type of imitation leather prepared from pressboard that was embossed then coated with rubber. Leatheroid was used for electrical insulation and car interiors.

Synonyms and Related Terms

Presspahn paper

Authority

• Thomas Gregory, The Condensed Chemical Dictionary, Reinhold Publishing, New York, 3rd ed., 1942

• Matt Roberts, Don Etherington, Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1982

• Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997