Doeskin
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Doeskin is a noun meaning (uncountable) Leather from the skin of a female deer or sheep.
Meaning
(uncountable) Leather from the skin of a female deer or sheep.
More Meanings
- (countable) The hide of a doe, as opposed to a buck.
- (countable, chiefly in the plural) A glove made of doeskin leather.
- (uncountable) A very soft, close-napped fabric, especially of high quality.
Example Sentences
Elizabeth accidentally left her doeskins on the pew at Sunday service.
A long knife was in the doeskin belt that supported the doeskin skirt tightly about her lithe limbs.
Frequently, doeskins had a higher value in trade than the skins of bucks, as they were considered of finer quality.
He was dressed in shirt of doeskin, / White and soft, and fringed with ermine, / All inwrought with beads of wampum.
Word Forms
- doeskins
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include deerskin, deer-skin, drakeskin, sheepskin, derm, deerflesh.
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