foxskin

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English

Etymology

From fox +‎ skin.

Noun

foxskin (plural foxskins)

  1. The pelt of a fox.
    • 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 113:
      The farmer flayed him as he had the bear, and so he had both bear-skin and fox-skin.