Definition of Dogskin

1. n. The skin of a dog, or leather made of the skin. Also used adjectively.

Definition of Dogskin

1. Noun. leather made from the skin of a dog ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dogskin

1. leather made from dog's skin [n -S]

Medical Definition of Dogskin

1. The skin of a dog, or leather made of the skin. Also used adjectively. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dogskin

dogs in mangers
dogsbodies
dogsbody
dogshank
dogship
dogships
dogshore
dogshores
dogsick
dogsit
dogsits
dogsitter
dogsitters
dogsitting
dogskin (current term)
dogskins
dogsled
dogsled mail
dogsledded
dogsledder
dogsledders
dogsledding
dogsleds
dogsleep
dogsleeps
dogstar
dogstooth check
dogteeth
dogtooth

Literary usage of Dogskin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Miscellanies by William Makepeace Thackeray (1877)
"I said he was a brave fellow, and fought like a tiger; and this prevented Aim from telling tales. I had the dogskin made into a pair of pistol-holsters, ..."

2. The Expedition of the Donner Party and Its Tragic Fate by Eliza Poor Donner Houghton (1920)
"BRUNNER RETURN OF THE MINERS SOCIAL GATHERINGS OUR DAILY ROUTINE STOLEN PLEASURES A LITTLE DAIRYMAID MY dogskin SHOES. REAPING and threshing were ..."

3. Labrador: A Sketch of Its Peoples, Its Industries and Its Natural History by Winfrid Alden Stearns (1884)
"Indian tents — New fields for research — Visit to the Indians — Seals' flesh —dogskin boots—Cattle food in hard winters—Coptis ..."

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