Noun
Leather from the skin of a female deer or sheep.
Usage- Uncountable
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He was dressed in shirt of doeskin, / White and soft, and fringed with ermine, / All inwrought with beads of wampum...
A long knife was in the doeskin belt that supported the doeskin skirt tightly about her lithe limbs.
The hide of a doe, as opposed to a buck.
Usage- Countable
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Frequently, doeskins had a higher value in trade than the skins of bucks, as they were considered of finer quality.
A glove made of doeskin leather.
Usage- Countable
- in-plural
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Elizabeth accidentally left her doeskins on the pew at Sunday service.
A very soft, close-napped fabric, especially of high quality.
Usage- Uncountable
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In the morning Mr. Logan wore a doeskin box coat with pearl buttons nearly as large as alarm clocks in two rows on it.
Noun
soft leather from deerskin or lambskin
- Broader terms
a fine smooth soft woolen fabric