I. (ˈ)sha|grēn, -aa|g-, -ai|g-, shəˈg- noun
( -s )
Etymology: by folk etymology (influence of shag (I) and green ) from French chagrin, from Turkish çagri
1. : an untanned leather prepared from the skins of horses, asses, camels, and other animals, covered with small round granulations by pressing small seeds into the grain or hair side when moist, scraping off the roughness when dry, and soaking to cause the compressed or indented portions of the skin to swell up into relief, and dyed a bright color usually green
2. : the rough skin of various sharks and rays when covered with small close-set tubercles
II. adjective
or sha·greened -nd
Etymology: shagreen from shagreen (I) ; shagreened from shagreen (I) + -ed
: made of, covered with, or resembling the surface of shagreen