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horseskin en · NOUN

Etymology

From horse + skin.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The skin of a horse, or leather made therefrom.
   • But we cannot wear these horseskin boots in the rain and snow. We need regular leather top-boots. Moreover, our clothing is very much the worse for wear. We must provide ourselves with new outfits. 1945, Petr K. Ignatov, Partisans of the Kuban, Hutchinson & Co., page 148:
   • The dried horseskin was made of brown Canton flannel and was held in place by being thrown over a horizontal stick. 1930, John Merrill, Martha Fleming, Play-making and plays: the dramatic impulse and its educative use in the elementary and secondary school, MacMillan, page 98:
   • They made these fancy coverings from buckskins, horseskins, and cornhusks. 2000, Allison Lassieur, The Nez Perce Tribe, page 13:

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