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

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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 Bayliss
  • There 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. Young
  • Taking 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. Young
  • From dried deerskins they fashioned a sort of soft serviceable shoe called the "moccasin."

    The Story of American History | Albert F. Blaisdell
  • And casting them away she dressed herself in rags and barks and deerskins, and became her husband's equal in vows and acts.

British Dictionary definitions for deerskin

deerskin

/ (ˈdɪəˌskɪn) /


noun
    • the hide of a deer

    • (as modifier): a deerskin jacket

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