shagreen
[ shuh-green ]
/ ʃəˈgrin /
noun
an untanned leather with a granular surface, prepared from the hide of a horse, shark, seal, etc.
the rough skin of certain sharks, used as an abrasive.
adjective
Also sha·greened.
resembling, covered with, or made of shagreen.
Origin of shagreen
1605–15; < French
chagrin, variant of
sagrin < Turkish
sağrι rump, crupper
Words nearby shagreen
shaggy,
shaggy cap,
shaggy dog story,
shaggy-dog story,
shaggy-mane,
shagreen,
shagreen skin,
shagroon,
shagtastic,
shah,
shah alam
Example sentences from the Web for shagreen
Shagreen was formerly very extensively used for covering the cases of watches, spectacles, surgical instruments, &c.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II |Arnold Cooley
British Dictionary definitions for shagreen
shagreen
/ (ʃæˈɡriːn) /
noun
the rough skin of certain sharks and rays, used as an abrasive
a rough grainy leather made from certain animal hides
Word Origin for shagreen
C17: from French
chagrin, from Turkish
çagri rump; also associated through folk etymology with
shag
1,
green