GOLDBEATER'S SKIN


Meaning of GOLDBEATER'S SKIN in English

/gohld"bee'teuhrz/

the prepared outside membrane of the large intestine of the ox, used by goldbeaters to lay between the leaves of the metal while they beat it into gold leaf.

[ 1700-10; GOLD + BEATER + 'S 1 ]

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