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caribouskin

noun

Etymology

From caribou + skin.

  1. derived from *sken-✻ — “to split off”
  2. derived from *skinþą✻
  3. derived from skinn — “animal hide”
  4. inherited from scinn
  5. inherited from skyn
  6. compounded as caribouskin — “caribou + skin”

Definitions

  1. The skin of a caribou, or leather made therefrom.

    • The seams, at the shoulders and elsewhere, are ornamented with a 3 inch fringe of caribouskin.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA