doeskin
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doeskin (plural doeskins)
- (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...
- 1856: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Hiawatha [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.
- (countable) A glove made of doeskin leather; usually constructed in plural.
- Elizabeth accidently left her doeskins on the pew at Sunday service.
- (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.
- 1905: William Cowper Brann, The Complete Works of Brann the Iconoclast, Volume 10 [3]
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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