deerskin
Leather made from deer hide.
Example
“The moccasin maker had a pile of deerskin on the table, waiting to be cut out.”
Other meanings
The hide, whether tanned or not, of one deer.
“The hunter exchanged twenty deerskins for a bottle of whiskey at the trading post.”
An article of clothing manufactured from deerskin. Often constructed in the plural.
“The trapper wore deerskins because they were softer than cow leather garments and rustled less than canvas.”
A kind of
- leather
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “deerskin” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.