doeskin — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

1. Leather from the skin of a female deer or sheep.

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   • non numerabile

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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.

2. The hide of a doe, as opposed to a buck.

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   • numerabile

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   Frequently, doeskins had a higher value in trade than the skins of bucks, as they were considered of finer quality.

3. A glove made of doeskin leather.

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   • numerabile
   • in-plural

   Esempi

   Elizabeth accidentally left her doeskins on the pew at Sunday service.

4. A very soft, close-napped fabric, especially of high quality.

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   • non numerabile

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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.

Sostantivo

1. soft leather from deerskin or lambskin

   Termini più generali

   leather

2. a fine smooth soft woolen fabric

   Termini più generali

   fabricclothmaterialtextile