A laminate material includes an upper layer (I) and a lower layer (II) which is joined to the upper layer over substantially the entire surface thereof. The upper layer (I) includes a thin layer of leather material (1), and the lower layer (II) is a material which can be stretched in two directions. The lower layer (II) includes at least one support layer (3) which is resilient in two directions and has at least two sorts of interwoven fibres, at least one type of fibres being produced from an elastic substance, as well as a layer (5) of a compressible substance which is joined to the support layer over substantially the entire surface thereof and is resilient in three mutually perpendicular directions. Such laminate material can be used in a device for protecting a body part of a human or an animal.