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deerskin

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deer·skin  (dîrskn)
n.
1. Leather made from the hide of a deer.
2. A garment made from deerskin.
deerskin [ˈdɪəˌskɪn]
n
(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Tanning)
a.  the hide of a deer
b.  (as modifier) a deerskin jacket
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.deerskin - leather from the hide of a deer
leather - an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning
Translations
deerskin [ˈdɪəskɪn] N → piel f de ciervo, gamuza f
deerskin [ˈdɪərskɪn] n → peau f de daim
deerskin [ˈdɪəˌskɪn] n → pelle f di daino
deerskin [ˈdɪəˌskɪn] n → pelle f di daino


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After a little discourse, he first of all pulled out a deerskin bag, and gave it me, with five-and-fifty Spanish pistoles in it, and told me that was to supply my expenses from England, for though it was not his business to inquire, yet he ought to think I did not bring a great deal of money out with me, it not being usual to bring much money into that country.
The Fortunes & Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders by Defoe, Daniel View in context
A party of Indians -- in their savage finery of curiously embroidered deerskin robes, wampum-belts, red and yellow ochre, and feathers, and armed with the bow and arrow and stone-headed spear -- stood apart with countenances of inflexible gravity, beyond what even the Puritan aspect could attain.
The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
Kotuko went on with his carving, and Kadlu threw a rolled bundle of leather dog-harnesses into a tiny little room that opened from one side of the house, slipped off his heavy deerskin hunting-suit, put it into a whalebone-net that hung above another lamp, and dropped down on the sleeping-bench to whittle at a piece of frozen seal-meat till Amoraq, his wife, should bring the regular dinner of boiled meat and blood-soup.
The Second Jungle Book by Kipling, Rudyard View in context
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