doeskinn.
/ˈdəʊskɪn/, U.S. /ˈdoʊˌskɪn/ 1.
a. The skin of a doe.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > leather > [noun] > leather from other specific animals
doeskin1457
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snake-skin1825
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crocodile skin1887
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1457 in E. Hobhouse Church-wardens' Accts. (1890) 187 It. in una pelle de doeskyne pro eisdem libris vijd.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Exod. xxv. 5 Goates hayre, reed skynnes of rammes, doo skynnes.
1795 Hull Advertiser 28 Nov. 1/1 A large assortment of prime Buck and Doe Skins.
1855 H. W. Longfellow Hiawatha xi. 146 He was dressed in shirt of doe-skin.
b. A kind of leather made from this skin.
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1710 London Gaz. No. 4662/4 A pair of Doe-Skin Breeches, with Brass Buttons.
1799 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 2 437 Thick, soft, and elastic leather, such as doe or buck skin.
2. A highly-finished closely-cut thick black cloth, twilled, but dressed so as to show very little of the twill.Believed to have been so named as applied to a softer and less stout cloth than that called ‘buckskin’, which for riding breeches took the place of real buck-skins.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric of specific colour > [noun] > black
black-a-lyre1421
Mechlin black1483
self-black1562
doeskin1851
1851 Rep. Juries Great Exhib. 351/2 A great variety of fancy doeskins.
1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Doeskin, a single width fine woolen cloth for men's wear.
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