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Dogskin vs Doeskin - What's the difference?

dogskin | doeskin |

As nouns the difference between dogskin and doeskin

is that dogskin is leather made from the skin of a dog while doeskin is (uncountable) leather from the skin of a female deer or sheep.

As an adjective doeskin is

manufactured from doeskin.

dogskin

English

Noun

(s)
  • leather made from the skin of a dog

    • doeskin

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Manufactured from doeskin.
  • * 1916: Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Lost Continent [http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-pubeng?specfile=/texts/english/modeng/publicsearch/modengpub.o2w&act=surround&offset=121823840&tag=Burroughs,+Edgar+Rice,+1875-1950:+The+Lost+Continent,+1916&query=+doeskin&id=BurLost]
    • A long knife was in the doeskin' belt that supported the ' doeskin skirt tightly about her lithe limbs.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (uncountable) Leather from the skin of a female deer or sheep.
  • * 1856: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Hiawatha [http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-pubeng?specfile=/texts/english/modeng/publicsearch/modengpub.o2w&act=surround&offset=447746478&tag=Longfellow,+Henry+Wadsworth,+1807-1882:+Hiawatha;+a+poem,+by+Henry+Wadsworth+Longfellow.+Illustrated+by+John+Rea+Neill,+1856&query=+doeskin&id=LonHiaw]
    • He was dressed in shirt of doeskin , / White and soft, and fringed with ermine, / All inwrought with beads of wampum...
  • (countable) The hide of a doe, as opposed to a buck.
    • Frequently, doeskins had a higher value in trade than the skins of bucks, as they were considered of finer quality.
  • (countable) A glove made of doeskin leather; usually constructed in plural.
    • Elizabeth accidentally left her doeskins on the pew at Sunday service.
  • (uncountable) A very soft, close-napped fabric, especially of high quality.
  • * 1905: William Cowper Brann, The Complete Works of Brann the Iconoclast, Volume 10 [http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-pubeng?specfile=/texts/english/modeng/publicsearch/modengpub.o2w&act=surround&offset=105634558&tag=Brann,+William+Cowper:+The+Complete+Works+of+Brann+the+Iconoclast,+Volume+10,+1905&query=+doeskin&id=Bra10Ic]
    • In the morning Mr. Logan wore a doeskin box coat with pearl buttons nearly as large as alarm clocks in two rows on it.