Doeskin

Origin

From doe + skin.

Full definition of doeskin

Adjective

1. Manufactured from doeskin.
• 1916: Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Lost Continent http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-pubeng?specfile=/texts/english/modeng/publicsearch/modengpub.o2w&act=surround&offset=121823840&tag=Burroughs,+Edgar+Rice,+1875-1950:+The+Lost+Continent,+1916&query=+doeskin&id=BurLostA long knife was in the doeskin belt that supported the doeskin skirt tightly about her lithe limbs.

Noun

1. (uncountable) Leather from the skin of a female deer or sheep.
• 1856: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Hiawatha http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-pubeng?specfile=/texts/english/modeng/publicsearch/modengpub.o2w&act=surround&offset=447746478&tag=Longfellow,+Henry+Wadsworth,+1807-1882:+Hiawatha;+a+poem,+by+Henry+Wadsworth+Longfellow.+Illustrated+by+John+Rea+Neill,+1856&query=+doeskin&id=LonHiawHe was dressed in shirt of doeskin,
  White and soft, and fringed with ermine,
  All inwrought with beads of wampum...
2. (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.
3. (countable) A glove made of doeskin leather; usually constructed in plural.Elizabeth accidentally left her doeskins on the pew at Sunday service.
4. (uncountable) A very soft, close-napped fabric, especially of high quality.
• 1905: William Cowper Brann, The Complete Works of Brann the Iconoclast, Volume 10 http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-pubeng?specfile=/texts/english/modeng/publicsearch/modengpub.o2w&act=surround&offset=105634558&tag=Brann,+William+Cowper:+The+Complete+Works+of+Brann+the+Iconoclast,+Volume+10,+1905&query=+doeskin&id=Bra10IcIn the morning Mr. Logan wore a doeskin box coat with pearl buttons nearly as large as alarm clocks in two rows on it.