Meaning of doeskin | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Leather from the skin of a female deer or sheep.
   uncountable
2. The hide of a doe, as opposed to a buck.
   countable
3. A glove made of doeskin leather.
   countable, in-plural
4. A very soft, close-napped fabric, especially of high quality.
   uncountable

Examples

“He was dressed in shirt of doeskin, / White and soft, and fringed with ermine, / All inwrought with beads of wampum...”

“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.”

“Elizabeth accidentally left her doeskins on the pew at Sunday service.”

“In the morning Mr. Logan wore a doeskin box coat with pearl buttons nearly as large as alarm clocks in two rows on it.”

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