deerskin
the skin of a deer.
leather made from this.
a garment made of such leather.
made of deerskin: a deerskin jacket.
Origin of deerskin
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How to use deerskin in a sentence
To his surprise, the Moon was a house which was covered with beautiful white deerskins.
A Treasury of Eskimo Tales | Clara Kern BaylissThere was the lap of mother earth, and so down on the ground, with bearskins and deerskins on it for rugs, the children sat.
Algonquin Indian Tales | Egerton R. YoungTaking the old man to her side of the wigwam she seated him on a rug of deerskins and then built up before him a bright fire.
Algonquin Indian Tales | Egerton R. YoungFrom dried deerskins they fashioned a sort of soft serviceable shoe called the "moccasin."
The Story of American History | Albert F. BlaisdellAnd casting them away she dressed herself in rags and barks and deerskins, and became her husband's equal in vows and acts.
Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Bk. 3 Pt. 1 | Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa
British Dictionary definitions for deerskin
/ (ˈdɪəˌskɪn) /
the hide of a deer
(as modifier): a deerskin jacket
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