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wineskin

[ wahyn-skin ]
/ ˈwaɪnˌskɪn /
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noun

a bag, usually of goatskin, for carrying wine and having a spigot from which one drinks.

Nearby words

  1. winepress,
  2. winery,
  3. winesap,
  4. winesburg, ohio,
  5. wineshop,
  6. winetaster,
  7. winetasting,
  8. winey,
  9. winfield,
  10. winfred

Origin of wineskin

First recorded in 1815–25; wine + skin
Also called wine bag.
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Examples from the Web for wineskin

  • I am a wineskin squeezed dry; I am empty of all words and all passions; I am done!

    The Wolf Cub|Patrick Casey

  • The man-at-arms had dropped his wineskin in surprise and was staring at what was happening to his comrade.

    The Barbarians|John Sentry

  • "He went round with the wineskin, and filled our cups just as we sat down to breakfast," one of the men said.

    A Jacobite Exile|G. A. Henty

  • Thus, in the course of two days, he had turned this wineskin of a Tabary inside out.

    Familiar Studies of Men and Books|Robert Louis Stevenson
British Dictionary definitions for wineskin

wineskin

/ (ˈwaɪnˌskɪn) /

noun

the skin of a sheep or goat sewn up and used as a holder for wine
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