ooze leather n 1: a very soft leather made from the skins of calves and having a suede finish on the flesh side
Ooze leather \Ooze leather\ Leather made from sheep and calf skins by mechanically forcing ooze through them; esp., such leather with a soft, finely granulated finish (called sometimes {velvet finish}) put on the flesh side for special purposes. Ordinary ooze leather is used for shoe uppers, in bookbinding, etc. Hence {Ooze calf}, {Ooze finish}, etc. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]