English Explanatory Dictionary

Naugahyde

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An artificial leather made with a knit fabric backing and PVC coating.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Naugahyde

Word forms

Naugahyde naugahide

Etymology

A marketing coinage of the 1930s, from Naugatuck, Connecticut, where it was first produced, and hide; it was humorously marketed as being the skin of an animal called a Nauga.

Related words

Corinthian leather latex nitrile PVC rubber vinyl

Derived words

Nauga
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