An archaic or dialectal term for leather, particularly in reference to leather armor or leather goods, derived from Old French.
From Old French cuir, directly from Latin corium meaning 'hide' or 'leather.' This root is shared with English 'corium' (a layer of skin) and 'coriumate.'
The Latin word for leather, corium, is the same root that gives us 'corium' in anatomy—your skin has a corium layer, making leather and human skin etymologically connected!
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