deerskin

[ deer-skin ]

noun
  1. the skin of a deer.

  2. leather made from this.

  1. a garment made of such leather.

adjective
  1. made of deerskin: a deerskin jacket.

Origin of deerskin

1
1350–1400; Middle English dereskin, variant of deres skin.See deer, skin

Words Nearby deerskin

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How to use deerskin in a sentence

  • If you’re doing TIG welding, consider deerskin, which is soft and supple and allows for more dexterity.

  • He was then attired picturesquely in a fringed deerskin jacket dressed by some of the Blackfeet across the Rockies.

    The Gold Trail | Harold Bindloss
  • He came, and stood looking at them inquiringly, picturesque in his wide hat and his fringed deerskin jacket.

    The Gold Trail | Harold Bindloss
  • Weston was also very hungry, and after beating his numbed hands he thrust them inside his deerskin jacket.

    The Gold Trail | Harold Bindloss
  • The women especially tried to make a good thing out of the defeat of their braves, by selling us moccasins, deerskin breeches, &c.

    Lincolniana | Andrew Adderup
  • The Skipper paddled away to Gjendebod, to bring home the deerskin which he had left there to dry.

    Three in Norway | James Arthur Lees

British Dictionary definitions for deerskin

deerskin

/ (ˈdɪəˌskɪn) /


noun
    • the hide of a deer

    • (as modifier): a deerskin jacket

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