doeskin

noun 4

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noun

1

Leather from the skin of a female deer or sheep.

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.

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.

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

4

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

In the morning Mr. Logan wore a doeskin box coat with pearl buttons nearly as large as alarm clocks in two rows on it.

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