goatskin

goatskin
goatskin late 14c., from GOAT (Cf. goat) + SKIN (Cf. skin) (n.).

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  • Goatskin — may refer to:* Goatskin (material), the skin of a goat or the leather made from it * Goatskin (container), a container for wine …   Wikipedia

  • Goatskin — Goat skin , n. The skin of a goat, or leather made from it. a. Made of the skin of a goat. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • goatskin — [gōt′skin΄] n. 1. the skin of a goat 2. leather made from this 3. a container as for wine or water, made of this leather …   English World dictionary

  • goatskin — UK [ˈɡəʊtˌskɪn] / US [ˈɡoʊtˌskɪn] noun Word forms goatskin : singular goatskin plural goatskins 1) [uncountable] leather made from the skin of a goat 2) [countable] a container made from goatskin, used especially for holding wine …   English dictionary

  • goatskin — noun Date: 14th century 1. the skin of a goat 2. leather made from goatskin …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • goatskin — goat|skin [ gout,skın ] noun 1. ) uncount leather made from the skin of a goat 2. ) count a container made from goatskin, used especially for holding wine …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • goatskin — n. 1 the skin of a goat. 2 a garment or bottle made out of goatskin …   Useful english dictionary

  • Goatskin (material) — Goatskin is the skin of a goat.Non tanned goatskin is used for parchment or for drumheads or sounding boards of some musical instruments, e.g, mišnice in medieval Europe, bodhrán in Ireland, esraj in India and for instrumental drum skin named… …   Wikipedia

  • goatskin — /goht skin /, n. 1. the skin or hide of a goat. 2. leather made from it. [1350 1400; ME; see GOAT, SKIN] * * * …   Universalium

  • goatskin — noun a) A liquid container (especially of wine or water) made from goat leather. b) a bodhran drum …   Wiktionary

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