"pigskin" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-pigskin.ogg [Australia] Forms: pigskins [plural]
Etymology: Compound of pig + skin. The American football is a direct descendant of the ball used in the game of rugby. The rugby ball originally was made of a pig’s bladder with a leather cover; the earliest versions of the leather exterior sometimes were made of pigskin. Etymology templates: {{com|en|pig|skin}} pig + skin Head templates: {{en-noun}} pigskin (plural pigskins)
  1. The skin of a pig.
    Sense id: en-pigskin-en-noun-hpsDk-4t
  2. Leather made from the skin of a pig. Categories (topical): Hides Categories (lifeform): Pigs Synonyms: hoghide Translations (leather made from the skin of a pig): свинска кожа (svinska koža) [feminine] (Bulgarian), varkensleer [neuter] (Dutch), craiceann muice [masculine] (Irish), ċingjal [masculine] (Maltese), ċinjal [masculine] (Maltese), svinelær [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), свина́я ко́жа (svinája kóža) [feminine] (Russian), piel de cerdo [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-pigskin-en-noun-29UcjDhH Disambiguation of Hides: 5 79 16 Disambiguation of Pigs: 17 65 18 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 62 36 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 72 26 Disambiguation of 'leather made from the skin of a pig': 16 84 0
  3. (US, slang) A football. Tags: US, slang Categories (topical): Football (American)
    Sense id: en-pigskin-en-noun-r~pMd~OR Disambiguation of Football (American): 2 21 76 Categories (other): American English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: skin

Inflected forms

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