deerskin
IPA: dˈɪrskɪn
noun
- (uncountable) Leather made from deer hide.
- (countable) The hide, whether tanned or not, of one deer.
- (countable) An article of clothing manufactured from deerskin. Often constructed in the plural.
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Examples of "deerskin" in Sentences
- Today Doe gave me soft-soled shoes made of deerskin leather.
- About half of them were women, in short deerskin skirts or homespun dresses.
- Dressed in a fine mail shirt and deerskin pants; calf high boots of much service covered his feet.
- About half of them were women, in short deerskin or homespun dresses; there were a number of children, the younger ones almost completely naked.
- Choosing three, he wrapped them with a cushion of thick wool and deerskin, then slid the precious bundles into the lining of his coat, close to his heart.
- Washington faced the leading men of several nations, wearing deerskin leggings and moccasins and upper garments of furs or trade blankets, their clothing and turbans decorated in a variety of styles.
- They wear a kind of deerskin combinations made in one piece and trimmed at the neck and wrists with wolverine, a pair of enormous sealskin moccasins, which gives them an awkward waddling gait, completing their attire.
- A new class of commercial hunters, who flourished under Dutch protection, produced far more deer products far more quickly than aborigines could, and, by removing the aboriginal step in deerskin production, brought more profits to themselves and the Dutch.
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