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Definition of Swanskin
1. n. The act of a swan with the down or the feathers on.
Definition of Swanskin
1. Noun. A type of brushed flannel cotton twill fabric. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Swanskin
1. the skin of a swan [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swanskin
Literary usage of Swanskin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Neuman and Baretti's Dictionary of the Spanish and English Languages by Henry Neuman, Giuseppe Baretti (1851)
"swanskin, a kind of very fine flannel. 3. (Naùt.) Buntine, a thin woollen stuff,
of which flags and colours are ..."
2. Costume of Colonial Times by Alice Morse Earle (1894)
"Fairholt says swanskin was a thick fleecy hosiery. But from early days we read
in American newspapers of runaways in swanskin jackets, and also of " Ell- ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1830)
"It is of the same swanskin as our jacket, and under it we wear a Welsh wig.
There we are in your mind's eye—and do not you think Christopher North must ..."
4. State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations at the End of the Century by Edward Field (1902)
"swanskin, Fairholt says, was a thick fleecy hosiery. "But from early days we read in
... newspapers of runaways in swanskin jackets and also of ..."
5. Colonial Records of Pennsylvania by Pennsylvania (1852)
"John Redman was directed to pay Daniel Evans £56 9 6, for Blacksmith's work done ;
Henry Sanderson £31 18 10, for swanskin, ..."
6. Letters of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1895)
"powder. I had a variety of other interesting inquiries to make, but time and
memory fail me. Without a swanskin waistcoat, what is man ? ..."
7. Instructions to Young Sportsmen in All that Relates to Guns and Shooting by Peter Hawker (1844)
"... and, over gloves and all, a large and long pair of double swanskin cuffs,
which are as warm as any muff, and may be drawn, or shook off, in an instant, ..."
8. Neuman and Baretti's Dictionary of the Spanish and English Languages by Henry Neuman, Giuseppe Baretti (1851)
"swanskin, a kind of very fine flannel. 3. (Naùt.) Buntine, a thin woollen stuff,
of which flags and colours are ..."
9. Costume of Colonial Times by Alice Morse Earle (1894)
"Fairholt says swanskin was a thick fleecy hosiery. But from early days we read
in American newspapers of runaways in swanskin jackets, and also of " Ell- ..."
10. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1830)
"It is of the same swanskin as our jacket, and under it we wear a Welsh wig.
There we are in your mind's eye—and do not you think Christopher North must ..."
11. State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations at the End of the Century by Edward Field (1902)
"swanskin, Fairholt says, was a thick fleecy hosiery. "But from early days we read in
... newspapers of runaways in swanskin jackets and also of ..."
12. Colonial Records of Pennsylvania by Pennsylvania (1852)
"John Redman was directed to pay Daniel Evans £56 9 6, for Blacksmith's work done ;
Henry Sanderson £31 18 10, for swanskin, ..."
13. Letters of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1895)
"powder. I had a variety of other interesting inquiries to make, but time and
memory fail me. Without a swanskin waistcoat, what is man ? ..."
14. Instructions to Young Sportsmen in All that Relates to Guns and Shooting by Peter Hawker (1844)
"... and, over gloves and all, a large and long pair of double swanskin cuffs,
which are as warm as any muff, and may be drawn, or shook off, in an instant, ..."
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