yakskin

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English

Crossing a river in a yakskin coracle

Etymology

From yak +‎ skin.

Noun

yakskin (countable and uncountable, plural yakskins)

  1. The pelt or hide of a yak; leather made from yak hides.
    • 1933, James Hilton, chapter 3, in Lost Horizon‎, New York: Pocket Books, published 1939, page 59:
      […] there was greater ease in avoiding a scene since wine and fruit were now on offer, having been unpacked by the marching party, stocky Tibetans in sheepskins, fur hats, and yakskin boots.
    • 1996, Simon Winchester, chapter 14, in The River at the Center of the World‎, New York: Picador, page 379:
      Down on the banks men were offering ferry rides to the far side in coracles made of yakskin.
    • 2010, David Abrams, Becoming Animal: An Earthly Cosmology, New York: Vintage, published 2011, pages 202–203:
      We accepted the invitation to stay at the home of the shaman’s parents, sleeping under yak skins on the second floor with the rest of the family […]

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