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Definition of Goatskin
1. Noun. The hide of a goat.
Definition of Goatskin
1. n. The skin of a goat, or leather made from it.
Definition of Goatskin
1. Noun. A liquid container (especially of wine or water) made from goat leather. ¹
2. Noun. (Ireland colloquial) a bodhran drum. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Goatskin
1. the hide of a goat [n -S]
Medical Definition of Goatskin
1. The skin of a goat, or leather made from it. Made of the skin of a goat. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Goatskin
Literary usage of Goatskin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Modern American Tanning: A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture of Leather (1910)
"goatskin NEEDS BACTERIAL ACTION MOST. Perhaps the skin that needs this bacterial
action most, both in the limes and drench, is the goatskin. ..."
2. History of the Manufacture of Iron in All Ages: And Particularly in the by James Moore Swank (1892)
"goatskin bellows are in use in India and in the interior of Africa to-day in
connection with small furnaces. ..."
3. The Ruined Cities of Mashonaland: Being a Record of Excavation and by James Theodore Bent (1892)
"This time- honoured handicraft interested us much, mentioned as it is by Dos
Santos three hundred years ago, and goatskin BELLOWS AND BLOW-PIPE FOK IRON ..."
4. The History of Mankind by Friedrich Ratzel (1897)
"It is curious that exactly in East Africa where from time immemorial the sheepskin
or goatskin wrapped round the loins has formed part of the national ..."
5. Health Information for International Travel (1994) by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"ANTHRAX-CONTAMINATED goatskin HANDICRAFTS Anthrax is a disease caused by a
bacterial organism that produces spores that are highly resistant to disinfection ..."
6. The Romance of Savage Life: Describing the Life of Primitive Man, His by George Francis Scott Elliot (1908)
"... Wales and Tibet—Euphrates crossed on a goatskin—Eskimo canoes—Earthenware jars
as boats—Reeds used as canoes—Bark for boat-building—Sails—Catamaran—The ..."
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