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goatskin

[ UK /ɡˈə‍ʊtskɪn/ ]
NOUN
  1. the hide of a goat

How To Use goatskin In A Sentence

  • A goatskin rug covers the carpet in front of a brass fireplace with marble surround and wooden mantelpiece.
  • By the heyday of the binder's craft, the early to mid eighteenth century, two types of leather were recognized as the best: skiver, or lambskin, which was strong but so thin that it scarcely required any paring, and Moroccan goatskin, which was highly valued for its skiver-like characteristics combined with its delightful reddish color. Books: Modernity's Abuse of an Art
  • The little brats will only mash it into your lovely oiled floorboards and goatskin rugs.
  • Men go naked, and the women may wear goatskin skirts.
  • It was noticeable, however, that most of the lead drummers (‘lolay’ men) maintained their allegiance to goatskin.
  • He wears "High-top boots expensively clicker'd with gold taps, a pair of hip-hugging jodhpur-style pants in a faded mauve tone, an amount of gold chains, a heavy mink coat to keep out the worst of the hardwind's assaults and a goatskin beanie hat set pavee-style at the crown of his head. City of Bohane by Kevin Barry – review
  • In The Shadow Of The Sun, he recounts innumerable random acts of kindness from a truck driver who shares his last goatskin of water with him when they break down in the Sahara to the doctors who save his life.
  • Greek fondness for resinated wine originated in antiquity when goatskin wine bags and later wooden barrels were sealed with resin to prevent leakage.
  • Unveiled women volunteer shy smiles as they continue with their chores: scrubbing pans, spinning wool, or in one case churning butter in a goatskin suspended from a wooden tripod.
  • The family then begins reveling in their salvation, drinking wine from goatskins.
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