"wormskin" meaning in All languages combined

See wormskin on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: wormskins [plural]
Etymology: worm + skin Etymology templates: {{compound|en|worm|skin}} worm + skin Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} wormskin (countable and uncountable, plural wormskins)
  1. the skin of a worm, or leather made therefrom, especially in fiction where worms are large creatures and have correspondingly large skins Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-wormskin-en-noun-wXvzjJSt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "text": "They wore wormskin boots."
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