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Doeskin   Listen
noun
Doeskin  n.  
1.
The skin of the doe.
2.
A firm woolen cloth with a smooth, soft surface like a doe's skin; made for men's wear.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Doeskin" Quotes from Famous Books



... lullaby. The Indian maidens group themselves about her, seated in a semicircle on the ground, swaying rhythmically. At the back of the stage one of the little Indian boys sees an Indian maiden approaching, clad in white doeskin. Cries aloud delightedly: "Pocahontas!" ...
— Patriotic Plays and Pageants for Young People • Constance D'Arcy Mackay

... called him Faint-Heart, Called him coward, Shaugodaya, Idler, gambler, Yenadizze, Little heeded he their jesting, Little cared he for their insults, For the women and the maidens Loved the handsome Pau-Puk-Keewis. He was dressed in shirt of doeskin, White and soft, and fringed with ermine, All inwrought with beads of wampum; He was dressed in deer-skin leggings, Fringed with hedgehog quills and ermine, And in moccasins of buck-skin, Thick with quills and ...
— The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow



Words linked to "Doeskin" :   textile, material, fabric, cloth



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