LEATHER TOOLER

Domain	Definition
Occupations	Cuts, stamps, stains, or paints lettering and decorative designs on leather products, such as belts, handbags, luggage, saddles, and novelty items: Draws design and lettering on wet leather with stylus or transfers design by placing pattern or template on leather and pounding with mallet. Cuts outline of design and lettering with knife. Bevels and flares edges of cuts and fills in design and background, using various stamping tools and mallet. May trim and punch leather pieces and sew them together by hand or machine. May apply various colors and shades of stain to design and background and be designated Spanisher (leather prod.). (references)
	Covers wooden table or desk tops with leather: Cuts cardboard pattern to contour of tabletop or desk top and cuts outline of pattern on leather, using knife or shears. Applies adhesive to table or desk top and to leather, and presses leather onto top, shaping and stretching it to remove wrinkles and prevent buckling as adhesive dries. Trims excess leather, using knife. Applies goldleaf or other decorative design to leather, using heated die or printing roller and stencil. May spray lacquer over leather to protect surface of leather. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Anagrams: LEATHER TOOLER

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-e-e-h-l-l-o-o-r-r-t-t"
	-4 letters: tolerator.
	-5 letters: allottee, allotter, ethereal, latherer, letterer, reheater, reletter, terrella, tolerate.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.