English

Etymology
From doe + skin.

Adjective
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1. Manufactured from doeskin.

#*1916: Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Lost Continent ¹
#*:A long knife was in the doeskin belt that supported the doeskin skirt tightly about her lithe limbs.

Noun
en-noun

1. uncountable leather|Leather from the skin of a female deer or sheep.

#*1856: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Hiawatha ²
#*:He was dressed in shirt of doeskin, / White and soft, and fringed with ermine, / All inwrought with beads of wampum...

1. 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.

1. countable A glove made of doeskin leather; usually constructed in plural.

#:Elizabeth accidently left her doeskins on the pew at Sunday service.

1. uncountable A very soft, close-napped fabric, especially of high quality.

#*1905: William Cowper Brann, The Complete Works of Brann the Iconoclast, Volume 10 ³
#*: In the morning Mr. Logan wore a doeskin box coat with pearl buttons nearly as large as alarm clocks in two rows on it.

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