α. Middle English deriskyn.
β. see deer n. and skin n.
deerskinn.
The skin of a deer, especially as a material for clothing. Also attributive.
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deerskin1396
buckskin1433
fawn-skin1553
stag-skin1657
1396 Will of William Wodehouse (Guildhall Libr. MS 9171/1) f. 389v Meam togam blod' cum furrure & vn deriskyn.
1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 187. ⁋3 [She] laid aside from that hour her white deer skins.
1820 W. Scott Monastery II. ii. 46 In his home-spun doublet, blue cap, and deer-skin trowsers.
1876 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. (rev. ed.) II. xxxiv. 362 Dressed..each in a large deerskin.
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