box calf

See also: box-calf

English

Etymology

Named by White Bros. & Co. after Joseph Box, a London bootmaker.

Noun

box calf (uncountable)

1. A type of chromium-tanned calfskin leather with a regular grain of rectangular lines.

Translations

calfskin

• Finnish: boksinahka
• French: box-calf (fr) m
• Portuguese: vaqueta
• Swedish: boxkalv (sv) c