noun
-
the skin of a swan with the feathers attached
-
a fine twill-weave flannel fabric
Etymology
Origin of swanskin
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
There was a swanskin, and you thought it might make you beautiful.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
And inside that cage was a small bird, like none Hazel had ever seen, as gleaming white as the feathers of the swanskin.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
Give the swanskin to her then, and tell her that the only thing she can do for you is to show you the way to her father's dominion.
From The King of Ireland's Son by Padraic Colum
During the reign of Louis XV. carved Indian and China fans displaced to some extent those formerly imported from Italy, which had been painted on swanskin parchment prepared with various perfumes.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various
Now that she had the swanskin she was able to transform herself.
From The King of Ireland's Son by Padraic Colum
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a wordDefinitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
