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Definition of Doeskin
1. Noun. Soft leather from deerskin or lambskin.
2. Noun. A fine smooth soft woolen fabric.
Definition of Doeskin
1. n. The skin of the doe.
Definition of Doeskin
1. Adjective. Manufactured from doeskin. ¹
2. Noun. Leather from the skin of a female deer or sheep. ¹
3. Noun. The hide of a doe, as opposed to a buck. ¹
4. Noun. A glove made of doeskin leather; usually constructed in plural. ¹
5. Noun. A very soft, close-napped fabric, especially of high quality. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Doeskin
1. the skin of a doe [n -S]
Medical Definition of Doeskin
1. 1. The skin of the doe. 2. A firm woolen cloth with a smooth, soft surface like a doe's skin; made for men's wear. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Doeskin
Literary usage of Doeskin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Woollen and Worsted Cloth Manufacture: Being a Practical Treatise for the by Roberts Beaumont (1890)
"doeskin Finish—239. Velvet Finish—240. Dry Finish—241. ... A piece of doeskin
goods, therefore, in the finished or marketable condition, possesses but few ..."
2. A Dictionary of the Drama: A Guide to the Plays, Play-wrights, Players, and by William Davenport Adams (1904)
"doeskin. Serving-man to Shekel, in D. Do? Days in Bond Street. A comedy in three
acts,attributed to W. ..."
3. Walter Savage Landor: A Biography by John Forster (1869)
"... beech-wood hath very different thoughts and moralities from him who is seated
on goose-leathers under doeskin." RICHES OF OUR DAILY SPEECH. ..."
4. Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue by Robert Ellis, Great Britain Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851, London Great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations, 1851 (1851)
"... :—Blaek doeskin, satin, drab d,**kin, mixed grey, ... blaek doeskin do .aine ;
grey satin and blue doeskin de laine ;—all woollen. ..."
5. Economic History of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century: An Inquiry Into the by Philip Alexander Bruce (1896)
"... the value of a dressed doeskin was fixed at one shilling and nine and a half
pence ; if undressed, at eleven pence.1 In the Act for Ports, ..."
6. Kentucky Opinions by Kentucky Court of Appeals, John Morgan Chinn, J. K. Roberts, Charles Middleton McDonald, Daniel Woolsey Crockett, Kentucky law reporter (1913)
"When the accused is on trial for stealing doeskin cassimere, or for receiving it
knowing it to have been stolen, in order to make out the latter offense the ..."
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