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
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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
Twelve years later, police found him hiding in the mountains, wrapped in a deerskin and with long, matted hair.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 28, 2018
Duane Allman fell in love with a tan deerskin shirt with a motif of a forest and a mountain stream running down the side.
From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2012
He wore the same deerskin shawls and leggings and like his fellows had covered his face with bug-repelling oil and reddish-purple dye.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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