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doeskin

noun

Etymology

From doe + 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 doeskin — “doe + skin”

Definitions

  1. Leather from the skin of a female deer or sheep.

    • He was dressed in shirt of doeskin, / White and soft, and fringed with ermine, / All inwrought with beads of wampum...
    • A long knife was in the doeskin belt that supported the doeskin skirt tightly about her lithe limbs.

  2. 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. A glove made of doeskin leather.

    • Elizabeth accidentally left her doeskins on the pew at Sunday service.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A very soft, close-napped fabric, especially of high quality.

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

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