leathery

adjective

1 he was about fifty, with soulful eyes and leathery skin:

rough, rugged, wrinkled, wrinkly, furrowed, lined, wizened, weather-beaten, callous, hard, hardened, thickened, gnarled, leather-like;

technical coriaceous.

2 leathery sides of beef:

tough, hard, hardened, fibrous, gristly, chewy, sinewy, stringy, leather-like;

technical coriaceous.

leathery Oxford Dictionary of English