- the hide of a deer
- leather or a garment made from this
made of deerskin
deerskin
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deerskin
noun
- Leather made from the hide of a deer.
- A garment made from deerskin.
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Adjective
(not comparable)
Noun
(plural deerskins)
- (uncountable) Leather made from deer hide.
- The moccasin maker had a pile of deer-skin on the table, waiting to be cut out.
- (countable) The hide, whether tanned or not, of one deer.
- The hunter exchanged twenty deerskins for a bottle of whiskey at the trading post.
- (countable) An article of clothing manufactured from deerskin. Often constructed in the plural.
- The trapper wore deerskins because they were softer than cow leather garments and rustled less than canvas.
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