A soft, fine leather made from the skin of young goats, highly prized for making gloves, shoes, and fine garments.
From Italian cabretta or Portuguese/Spanish variant of cabret, ultimately from Latin capra 'goat.' The Italian form became the standard term in leather manufacturing and fashion industries across Europe.
Premium golf gloves and luxury leather goods often still use cabretta leather—it's so fine and durable that this 500-year-old word for 'goat leather' is still what high-end manufacturers call it!
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