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moleskin en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈmoʊlˌskɪn/ (General-American)

Etymology

From mole + skin.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The fur of a mole.
2. (countable, uncountable) A cotton twill fabric with a heavy velvety nap.
3. (broadly, countable, in-plural, uncountable) Clothing made of this fabric.
4. (countable, uncountable) A padded adhesive bandage used to prevent or treat blisters.

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Descendants

モールスキン · moleskin · moleskine · molesquí · moleskine · Moleskin

Hyponyms

skin

Translations (19)

pl krecia skórka (fur of a mole) · bg кожа от къртица (fur of a mole) · pl moleskin (fabric) · io moleskino (fabric) · mi mohikena (fabric) · bg молескин (fabric) · de Maulwurfsfell (fur of a mole) · sv mullvadsskinn (fur of a mole) · fi myyrännahka (fur of a mole) · de Moleskin (fabric) · ga craiceann caocháin (fur of a mole) · ca molesquí (fabric) · fi myyränkarva (fur of a mole) · fr moleskine (fabric) · es moleskine (fabric) · de Pilotstoff (fabric) · de Englischleder (fabric) · ca pell de préssec (fabric) · sv mollskinn (fabric)

moleskin en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈmoʊlˌskɪn/ (General-American)

Etymology

From mole + skin.

Meanings

1. To cover with a moleskin bandage.
   • Sadler has already wrapped an ace bandage around a badly sprained wrist (sustained in a fall on a desert trail), tweezered out a few cactus spines, moleskinned some blisters, and doled out all the pastillas de dolor —painkillers... 2011, William deBuys, A Great Aridness: Climate Change and the Future of the American Southwest:

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