Sealskin
['siːlskɪn] or ['silskɪn]
Definition
(noun.) a garment (as a jacket or coat or robe) made of sealskin.
Checked by Beth--From WordNet
Examples
- It was of coarse sealskin--the straight-haired skin, with a leather thong to bind it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He was buttoned up to the chin in a brown coat; and had a large sealskin travelling-cap, and a greatcoat and cloak, lying on the seat beside him. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- And it was of sealskin,--and he was an old sealer. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
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