fine leather, made from sheepskin, used esp. for gloves
Origin of capeskin
origin, originally made from the skin of goats from the Cape of Good Hopecapeskin
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capeskin
noun
Soft leather made from sheepskin, used especially for gloves.
Origin of capeskin
After theCape of Good Hope ( from the fact that it is traditionally made from the skins of South African sheep )THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(countable and uncountable, plural capeskins)
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