deerskin

[ deer-skin ]

/ ˈdɪərˌskɪn /

the skin of a deer.

leather made from this.

a garment made of such leather.

made of deerskin: a deerskin jacket.

Origin of deerskin

1350–1400; Middle English dereskin, variant of deres skin. See deer, skin

The netting is made of deerskin, with the hair removed, and allowed to dry into a condition usually known as parchment.

Ethnology of the Ungava District, Hudson Bay Territory |Lucien Turner
Old Joe lost no time in ripping open the deerskin fastenings of the bag and dragging out its contents.

The Bungalow Boys North of Fifty-Three |Dexter J. Forrester
Nightly he plunged from the sweat-lodge into the lake and later slept the sleep of utter weariness under a deerskin cover.

Diane of the Green Van |Leona Dalrymple
From the deerskin he cut a quantity of fine strips and bent into oval shape two tough sticks of vine maple.

The Hidden Places |Bertrand W. Sinclair

Her feet were protected from the cold by two pair of blanket socks, besides very thick moccasins of deerskin.

Ungava |R.M. Ballantyne

deerskin

/ (ˈdɪəˌskɪn) /