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ˈkid-skin
The skin of a kid, esp. such skin tanned and used for gloves; also applied to skins of lambs and other animals used for this purpose. Also attrib., as kid-skin glove.
c1645Howell Lett. xiv. (1765) 19 A dozen pair of the best white Kid-skin Gloves the Royal-Exchange can afford. 1657Thornley tr. Longus' Daphnis & Chloe 29 Daphnis saw Chloe in her Kidskin, and her Pine coronet. 1719W. Wood Surv. Trade 94 Kid-skins, Paper, Pruans, Linens and wrought Silks. 1826Scott Woodst. i, What is a glover but a tailor working on kid-skin? 1826Lamb Elia Ser. ii. Pop. Fallacies xv, Another had dipped his scooped palm in a kid⁓skin of wild honey. |