deerskin
noun
Forms deerskins deer-skin
- noun (uncountable) Leather made from deer hide. “The moccasin maker had a pile of deerskin on the table, waiting to be cut out.”
- noun (countable) The hide, whether tanned or not, of one deer. “The hunter exchanged twenty deerskins for a bottle of whiskey at the trading post.”
- noun (countable) 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.”
Etymology
From deer + skin.
Webster’s 1913
- noun The skin of a deer, or the leather which is made from it. Hakluyt. Longfellow.
Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “deerskin”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details