moleskin

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English

moleskin fabric (2)
moleskin jacket (3)

Etymology

From mole +‎ skin.

Pronunciation

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Noun

moleskin (countable and uncountable, plural moleskins)

  1. The fur of a mole.
  2. A cotton twill fabric with a heavy velvety nap.
  3. (by extension, in the plural) Clothing made of this fabric.
  4. A padded adhesive bandage used to prevent or treat blisters.

Hyponyms

Descendants

Translations

Verb

moleskin (third-person singular simple present moleskins, present participle moleskinning, simple past and past participle moleskinned)

  1. To cover with a moleskin bandage.
    • 2011, William deBuys, A Great Aridness: Climate Change and the Future of the American Southwest:
      Sadler has already wrapped an ace bandage around a badly sprained wrist (sustained in a fall on a desert trail), tweezered out a few cactus spines, moleskinned some blisters, and doled out all the pastillas de dolor —painkillers...

Further reading

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

Borrowed from English moleskin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔˈlɛs.kin/
  • Rhymes: -ɛskin
  • Syllabification: mo‧les‧kin

Noun

moleskin m inan (related adjective moleskinowy)

  1. moleskin (cotton twill fabric with a heavy velvety nap)
  2. moleskin (clothing made of this fabric)

Declension

Declension of moleskin
singular plural
nominative moleskin moleskiny
genitive moleskinu moleskinów
dative moleskinowi moleskinom
accusative moleskin moleskiny
instrumental moleskinem moleskinami
locative moleskinie moleskinach
vocative moleskinie moleskiny

Further reading

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