Wiktionary
n. 1 A member of a homosexual male subculture that grew out of male-only motorcycle clubs formed by homosexual veterans returning from World War II, stressing masculinity in contradiction to androgynous and effeminate gay stereotypes, characterized by a fetish for leather gear and wear, a sense of hierarchy, and a fraternal, militaristic code of protocol and behavior, often involving BDSM practices. 2 A tool, similar to a pair of pliers, but with an array of built-in extra features such as knives, screwdrivers, etc.
Wikipedia
Leatherman is a trademark for a line of multitools produced by the Leatherman Tool Group.
Leatherman may also refer to:
In people- A man involved with the leather subculture
- sensu stricto Glenn Hughes, the biker character from the band Village People
- Leatherman (vagabond), a man in the nineteenth century
- Daniel Charles "Dan" Leatherman, a minor league baseball player
- Stephen Leatherman, a geological scientist at the Florida State University
- Timothy S. Leatherman, a businessman and the inventor of the multitool
- " Leatherman", a Pearl Jam B-side released only on their 1998 single, "Given to Fly", about the 19th century vagabond
- Leatherman Peak in Idaho's Lost River Range, the second highest named peak in the state
Leatherman is a brand of multitools and knives made by Leatherman Tool Group of Portland, Oregon, US. The company was founded in July 1983 by Timothy S. Leatherman and Steve Berliner in order to market his idea of a capable, easily portable hand tool with multiple functions. That same year Leatherman sold the first multitool, which was called the PST (Pocket Survival Tool).
The Leatherman (ca. 1839–1889) was a particular vagabond, famous for his handmade leather suit of clothes, who traveled a circuit between the Connecticut River and the Hudson River, roughly from 1857 to 1889. Of unknown origin, he was thought to be French-Canadian, because of his fluency in the French language, his "broken English", and the French-language prayer book found on his person after his death. His identity remains unknown, and controversial. Indeed he predated the term hobo, some may call him the original hobo. He walked a 365-mile route (taking 34–36 days) in western Connecticut and eastern New York.
Usage examples of "leatherman".
I plasticuffed his upper right arm to the support, then, with the Leatherman, I cut the original plasticuffs so that his left arm was free.
Sliding into the snow hole, I pulled out my Leatherman, felt for the plasticuffs and started to cut Val free, letting him sort himself out as I scrambled out again into the wind.
I stopped him short of the car, handed him my Leatherman and carried on to open the trunk, shouting at him to cut the cord in his jacket.
I opened the knife blade of my Leatherman and gently cut down the center of the envelope, checking inside every inch or so for wires.
An hour or so later, with all of the PE now in strips, I opened the knife blade of the Leatherman and rested it over the hot bar of the heater.
Using the towel as an oven glove, I lifted the hot Leatherman from the heater and quickly sliced off all the little lumps, bumps, and molded corners from the upper side of the foam.
I could tell the difference between the ends from the way the Leatherman had cut them.
I then played about with my Leatherman with shaking hands, trying to pull out the blade.
Using the pliers of the Leatherman, I eventually pulled the heads off the three rounds and poured the dark grain propellant onto the under.
Crawling back to the shovel, I dug inside my glove for the compass silk, held it in my teeth and cut some off with my Leatherman scissors.
I stayed on my knees and retrieved the two flash cards from my jeans, and with the pliers part of my Leatherman I cracked and bent them into unusable shapes.
I retrieved my shirt and, with the knife of the Leatherman, cut off both sleeves at the shoulder.
With the Maglite in my mouth, I opened the screwdriver part of the Leatherman and worked it into the keyhole.
I followed the telephone line to make sure it was the one to the gas station, reached down and retrieved the Leatherman from my pocket.
I leaned out, squeezing hard with the mbber soles of my feet, got the pliers part of the Leatherman over the line, and snipped.