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These are of parchment, prepared from specially treated animal skins that had to be sewn together to accommodate the lofty towers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

One prominent enthusiast had 40,000 skins, almost certainly preserved with arsenic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Once they reach the top of the course, they remove the skins, and ski downhill to the finish line.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

The barrels -- bound tightly with rope, their fabric skins stiffened and darkened with lacquer -- inevitably recall the Gulf's vast hydrocarbon wealth.

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

Crosshatching a thick birch-bark cylinder, thin strips of leather held the skins in place at either end of the drum.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx