"horseskin" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: horseskins [plural]
Etymology: From horse + skin. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|horse|skin}} horse + skin Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} horseskin (countable and uncountable, plural horseskins)
  1. The skin of a horse, or leather made therefrom. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Hides Categories (lifeform): Horses
    Sense id: en-horseskin-en-noun-o4~LB~mJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Hides",
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            "Crafts",
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          "ref": "1930, John Merrill, Martha Fleming, Play-making and plays: the dramatic impulse and its educative use in the elementary and secondary school, MacMillan, page 98:",
          "text": "The dried horseskin was made of brown Canton flannel and was held in place by being thrown over a horizontal stick.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1945, Petr K. Ignatov, Partisans of the Kuban, Hutchinson & Co., page 148:",
          "text": "But we cannot wear these horseskin boots in the rain and snow. We need regular leather top-boots. Moreover, our clothing is very much the worse for wear. We must provide ourselves with new outfits.",
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