doeskin

Noun

doeskin (plural doeskins)

1. (uncountable) Leather from the skin of a female deer or sheep.
   • 1856: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Hiawatha [2]

     He was dressed in shirt of doeskin, / White and soft, and fringed with ermine, / All inwrought with beads of wampum...

2. (countable) The hide of a doe, as opposed to a buck.

   Frequently, doeskins had a higher value in trade than the skins of bucks, as they were considered of finer quality.

3. (countable) A glove made of doeskin leather; usually constructed in plural.

   Elizabeth accidently left her doeskins on the pew at Sunday service.

4. (uncountable) A very soft, close-napped fabric, especially of high quality.
   • 1905: William Cowper Brann, The Complete Works of Brann the Iconoclast, Volume 10 [3]

     In the morning Mr. Logan wore a doeskin box coat with pearl buttons nearly as large as alarm clocks in two rows on it.

7 letters in word "doeskin": D E I K N O S.

No anagrams for doeskin found in this word list.

Words found within doeskin:

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• Definitions:

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• doers ←
• doer ←
• doeskin
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• → doest
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