Deerskin meaning

dîr'skĭn'
Leather made from the hide of a deer.
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A garment made from deerskin.
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The hide of a deer.
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Leather or a garment made from this.
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Made of deerskin.
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Made from deer leather or hide.

Nichole wore a pair of deerskin gloves because she said she could feel more through them.

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(uncountable) Leather made from deer hide.

The moccasin maker had a pile of deer-skin on the table, waiting to be cut out.

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(countable) The hide, whether tanned or not, of one deer.

The hunter exchanged twenty deerskins for a bottle of whiskey at the trading post.

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(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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Origin of deerskin

deer +‎ skin

Sentence Examples

  • The Dene (Tinneh) peoples used strips of hide for snowshoes and game-bags, sewed their deerskin clothing with sinew thread, and embroidered in split quill.

  • The inside of the shoe is then lined with top-grade deerskin.

  • One specimen of a CentralAmerican inscription may give a general idea of them all, whether it be from the sculptured façade of a temple sketched by Catherwood, or from the painted deerskin called the Dresden Codex (reproduced in Kingsborough), or from the chapter of Diego de Landa where he professes to explain and translate the characters themselves.

  • Among those who sought refuge here was a colony of Moravian Brethren; they still occupy a separate quarter of the town, where they carry on manufactures of porcelain stoves and deerskin gloves.

  • Deerskin: In the Deerskin category, try the Deerskin Driving Moc.

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