goatskin

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Etymology

From Middle English geet skin; equivalent to goat +‎ skin.

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goatskin (countable and uncountable, plural goatskins)

  1. The skin of a goat, especially when cured and used as a cloth or material.
    • 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 77:
      The Arabs came out of their goatskin tents, and surrounded the soldiers, asking many questions in the native tongue, for the soldiers were themselves natives.
  2. A liquid container (especially of wine or water) made from goat leather.
  3. (Ireland, colloquial) a bodhran drum.

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