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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