Dictionary.com
definitions

kidskin

[kid-skin]
noun
  1. leather made from the skin of a young goat; kid.
adjective
  1. made of kidskin: kidskin gloves.

Origin of kidskin

First recorded in 1635–45; kid1 + skin
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

Examples from the Web for kidskin

Historical Examples of kidskin

  • Again there was that vague suggestion of a steel trap covered with velvet, or kidskin.

    Gold Out of Celebes

    Aylward Edward Dingle

  • He gave her the basket, and with it, wrapped in a piece of kidskin, some of the same powder with which he had doctored the fruits.

    The Wizard

    H. Rider Haggard

British Dictionary definitions for kidskin

kidskin

noun
  1. a soft smooth leather made from the hide of a young goatOften shortened to: kid
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012