calfskin
IPA: kˈæfskɪn
noun
- A fine leather made from the hide of a calf.
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Examples of "calfskin" in Sentences
- The hide is used to make calfskin.
- The head is traditionally made from calfskin.
- Purist jazzmen preferred the sound of natural calfskin.
- This was made of fine calfskin, a predecessor of vellum.
- This was made of fine calfskin, a predecessor of vellum and paper.
- Calfskin is a leather or membrane produced from the hide of a calf.
- Both ends are covered with calfskin, tightened by strips of gut or rattan.
- The charter, written in Latin on the flesh side of a prepared calfskin, is.
- Fine calfskin is one of the skins used for vellum and parchment manuscripts.
- Originally, drumheads were white and opaque to help mimic the look of calfskin.