deerskin
Americannoun
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the skin of a deer.
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leather made from this.
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a garment made of such leather.
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of deerskin
1350–1400; Middle English dereskin, variant of deres skin. See deer, skin
Example Sentences
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Deerskin Jean Dujardin stars in writer-director Quentin Dupieux’s darkly comic 2019 horror film as a middle-aged drifter who becomes obsessed with owning an expensive deerskin jacket.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 5, 2021
This creative DIY project kit makes a beautiful leather bracelet with colorful deerskin lacing.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 15, 2018
In early 1965, a park ranger reported to the police that he had seen a man with long hair, dressed in a deerskin, roaming the Sierra Morena.
From The Guardian • Aug. 28, 2018
Among other items, Powhatan received a scarlet cloak and gave Newport his beaded deerskin mantle in return.
From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018
It was good news, but she said nothing, getting up to look out the window, coming back to keep an eye on the deerskin rope.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
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