doeskin

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doeskin

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From doe + skin.

noun doeskins

uncountable Leather from the skin of a female deer or sheep. He was dressed in shirt of doeskin, / White and soft, and fringed with ermine, / All inwrought with beads of wampum...
countable The hide of a doe, as opposed to a buck. Frequently, doeskins had a higher value in trade than the skins of bucks, as they were considered of finer quality.
countable, in plural A glove made of doeskin leather. Elizabeth accidentally left her doeskins on the pew at Sunday service.
uncountable A very soft, close-napped fabric, especially of high quality. 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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@misc{doeskin_2026,
  title = {doeskin},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/doeskin},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}