Construct:	Verb
Definition:	To beat severly (usually with some implement).
Use:	I leddered him. I gave him a severe beating.
Derivation:	Possibky Irish 'Leadaráil' - act of lashing. (Dinneen) or possibly a corruption of 'Leather' - a leather strap used to punish pupils at school. But note 'Leather' - to beat. This is not derived as might be supposed from the English word leather (tanned skin), but from the Irish in which it is of very old standing: 'Letrad' (modern 'Leadradh') - cutting, hacking, lacerating, also a champion fighter, a warrior, a leatherer. (Corm. Gloss, 9th century). (Joyce) 'Ledder' probably a corruption of a heavy blow. (Wright) Note 'Leadradh' - striking, tearing, cuttin, dissecting, whipping, destroying. (Dinneen) and 'Leadradh' - a thrashing and "Leadrah a fháil - to get a leathering". (Ó Domhnaill) and 'Leather' - to beat, thrash. (Partridge)