deerskin

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Leather made from deer hide.

   • The moccasin maker had a pile of deerskin on the table, waiting to be cut out.
   • Nichole wore a pair of deerskin gloves because she said she could feel more through them.
2. 2

   The hide, whether tanned or not, of one deer.

   • The hunter exchanged twenty deerskins for a bottle of whiskey at the trading post.
3. 3

   An article of clothing manufactured from deerskin. Often constructed in the plural.

   • The trapper wore deerskins because they were softer than cow leather garments and rustled less than canvas.

The neighborhood

• neighborbuckskin
• neighbordoeskin
• neighborskin