snakeskin

[ sneyk-skin ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

snakeskin

/ ˈsneɪkˌskɪn /

the skin of a snake, esp when made into a leather valued for handbags, shoes, etc

First recorded in 1815–25; snake + skin

Camera crews captured her exiting a federal courthouse in Salt Lake City, dressed in a fur coat and knee-high snakeskin boots.

The last used a triangle-based cut that looks more like snakeskin.

Animal prints abounded: snakeskin booties, leopard-print hot pants, zebra-printed flamingo skirts.

In a series of private appointments on Sunday, Tom Ford quietly showed a collection filled with fur, leather, and snakeskin.

A few weeks ago, a female client from the South spent $1,200 on a Gucci snakeskin bag from Barry.

A straight broadsword, with a handle of box-wood and a sheath covered with snakeskin, was suspended from his waist.

There was a dagger in the snakeskin girdle she wore about her waist—a single thrust and she could have killed him.

On one arm was another bead ornament, prettily devised; and on the other a wooden charm, tied by a string covered with snakeskin.

The snakeskin bird gets its name from its habit of using the cast-off skins of snakes for decorative purposes.

Though we wandered far from beaten tracks, the sole trace of reptiles encountered was an occasional discarded snakeskin.

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