Meaning of leatherbritches | Babel Free

Definitions

green beans strung on thread for drying and storage.

Appalachia, uncountable

Examples

“Sally sat on the porch threading beans on strings to make leatherbritches, and five long strings of pods already hung above her from the porch rafters to dry.”

“Beans that were strung and dried in the pod were called shuck beans, shucky beans, or leatherbritches (Clark 1998), depending on the region.”

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