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s | doeskin |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adjective doeskin is

manufactured from doeskin.

As a noun doeskin is

(uncountable) leather from the skin of a female deer or sheep.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    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.