doeskin

American  

[doh-skin] / ˈdoʊˌskɪn /

noun

1. the skin of a doe.

2. leather made from this.

3. doeskins, soft leather gloves made of sheepskin.

4. a closely woven woolen cloth made with a satin or a small twill weave.

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adjective

1. made of doeskin.

doeskin British  

/ ˈdəʊˌskɪn /

noun

1. the skin of a deer, lamb, or sheep

2. a very supple leather made from this skin and used esp for gloves

3. a heavy smooth satin-weave or twill-weave cloth

4. (modifier) made of doeskin

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Etymology

Origin of doeskin

First recorded in 1425–75, doeskin is from the late Middle English word doskin. See doe, skin

Example Sentences

Her Dare survives among friendly natives to become an American Diana, or a Katniss Everdeen avant la lettre, sprinting through unbroken forests in doeskin, wielding her bow and arrow to deadly effect.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 10, 2015

Its author, after all, was once a debutante who sent her doeskin gloves to Scotland to be cleaned after each wearing, and who writes about a beloved pony, “Doughnut was everything to me.”

From New York Times • Dec. 12, 2010

The coffin is pine, covered with white doeskin on the outside and crepe within.

From Time Magazine Archive

Women hurled their jewels on the stage and fought over the green doeskin gloves that he deliberately left on the piano.

From Time Magazine Archive

Her sleeves and bodice were sewn with freshwater pearls, and on her feet were white doeskin slippers—pretty, but not warm.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin