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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1883-1949
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DINTLE, DINT(E)L, n. Thin sole leather (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl., dintl); "leather that has been tanned but not curried" (Sh. 1914 Angus Gl., dintel); "chiefly applied to such leather as is too thin and unsubstantial to be used for soling but is used for 'making up' in heeling, or soling" (Ork. 1929 Marw.). Also in w.Yks. dial.Sh.11 1949:
Proverbially (as of tough meat): as hard as dintle.Ork. 1929 Marw.:
That's no fit for half-soles: it's just a bit o' dintle.
Comb.: dintle-bend, id. See Ben, n.7 e.Lth. 1883 J. Martine Reminiscences 321:
The hinds and cottars long ago soled and clouted their boots and shoes themsels with "dintle bend" and kip leather.
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