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deerskin

[ deer-skin ]

noun

  1. the skin of a deer.
  2. leather made from this.
  3. a garment made of such leather.


adjective

  1. made of deerskin:

    a deerskin jacket.

deerskin

/ ˈɪəˌɪ /

noun

    1. the hide of a deer
    2. ( as modifier )

      a deerskin jacket

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of deerskin1

1350–1400; Middle English dereskin, variant of deres skin. See deer, skin
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Example Sentences

Dressed in rugged deerskin hunting shirts, the Virginians met up with some locals from nearby Marblehead, Massachusetts, who made fun of the Virginians and their frontier outfits.

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When the winds of February blow cold, I wear a mantle of deerskin.

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She’s wearing an orange headband with a single feather attached to it, and her deerskin clothing is fringed with beaded tassels.

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Made of iron, paper or even deerskin, the girdles were covered with iconography and wrapped around the birthing woman.

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A man’s obsession with his designer deerskin jacket causes him to blow his life savings and turn to crime.

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