whitleather
Noun
Meaning
Leather dressed or tawed with alum, salt, etc., remarkable for its pliability and toughness; white leather.
The paxwax. See Paxwax.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
strong
gristle
tough
tenacious
stringy
coriaceous
leathery
sequacious
resisting
white leather
tough as whitleather
gristly cartilaginous