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doeskin

doeskin

9.0
Soft, fine leather made from the skin of a female deer or sometimes a lamb
  • noun
  • /ˈdoʊskɪn/
translation icon : piel de ciervo
  • He wore a beautiful jacket made of doeskin, known for its softness and fine texture.
  • doeskin breeches

Examples

  • Then she went to a mercantile and quickly bought a scarf, a pair of buff leather gloves, and ankle boots the color of doeskin.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • I closed my book, which did nothing but fan the coals of greed in my heart; wearily, I put on my smoking jacket, my doeskin slippers, and stepped outside.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • He left his friend his best coat, waistcoat, and doeskin breeches.

    Academic text (1996)

  • Doeskin and beaver, ladies.

    Cyrano (2021)

  • Doeskin and beaver.

    Cyrano (2021)

  • A lad in royal colors hurried forward with doeskin breeches over his arm and assisted King Rudof to dress.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Binder seized it and happily undid the cloth tapes of a doeskin pouch.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Inside the package was a hand-stitched doeskin vest, the leather the color of caramel and softer than velvet, the buttons slices of antler.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • The artisan crafted gloves from soft doeskin, which felt luxurious against the skin.

  • She admired the doeskin bag, impressed by its delicate quality and elegant design.

Synonyms

deerskin
vsdoeskin
3 6.1

Soft, strong leather from deer used for clothes like gloves or jackets

is finer, softer leather traditionally from a female deer or sometimes lamb

Surface Forms

doeskin singular
doeskins plural

Morphology

doeskin = doe + skin (transparent) = doe + skin

The sense refers directly to the skin of a female deer, making the compound meaning straightforward.

Etymology

Doeskin comes from the simple parts doe ('female deer') and skin, meaning the skin of a doe used as leather. So doeskin originally meant the soft, smooth leather made from a doe's skin, which is why the word still describes very soft leather.