CAPESKIN

Meaning of CAPESKIN in English

/kayp"skin'/ , n.

a firm, washable leather used esp. for gloves, originally made from the skin of goats from the Cape of Good Hope, but now from hairy lambskin or sheepskin.

[ 1910-15; CAPE 2 + SKIN ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

CAPESKIN — noun Etymology: Cape of Good Hope, Africa Date: 1919 a light flexible leather made from sheepskins with the natural grain …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CAPESKIN — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Cape of Good Hope + English skin 1. : a hair sheepskin from southern …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CAPESKIN — n. type of leather used to make gloves
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CAPESKIN — noun Etymology: Cape of Good Hope, Africa Date: 1919 : a light flexible leather made from sheepskins with the natural …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CAPESKIN — [cape.skin] n [Cape of Good Hope, Africa] (1919): a light flexible leather made from sheepskins with the natural grain retained …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CAPESKIN — n. a soft leather made from S. African sheepskin.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CAPESKIN — n. a soft leather made from S. African sheepskin.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CAPESKIN — n. a soft leather made from S. African sheepskin.
Oxford English vocab
CAPESKIN — n. Pronunciation: ' k ā p- ˌ skin Function: noun Etymology: Cape of Good Hope, Africa Date: 1919 : a …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
CAPE
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CAPE — cape 1 — caped , adj. /kayp/ , n. , v. , caped, caping . n. 1. a sleeveless garment …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GLOVE — covering for the hand with separate sections for the fingers and thumb, and sometimes extending over the wrist or part …
Britannica English vocabulary
PELT
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HIDE — Synonyms and related words : Australian seal, Leatherette, Leatheroid, accumulate, amass, backlog, be consumed, be gone, be incognito, bearskin, beat, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FUR — Synonyms and related words : Australian seal, Leatherette, Leatheroid, achievement, alerion, animal charge, annulet, argent, armorial bearings, armory, arms, azure, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
ERMINE — Synonyms and related words : Australian seal, achievement, alerion, animal charge, annulet, argent, armorial bearings, armory, arms, azure, bandeau, bar, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BUCKSKIN — Synonyms and related words : Australian seal, bay, bayard, bearskin, beaver, beaverette, black fox, black marten, black sable, brook mink, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
LEATHER — n. 25B6; noun a leather jacket : SKIN, hide. See list. 25B6; verb he caught me and leathered me : …
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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