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bearskin

UK/ˈbɛə.skɪn//ˈbɛəɹ.skɪn/

bearskin noun: the pelt of a bear, especially when used as a rug.

bearskin: the pelt of a bear, especially when used as a rug
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Noun

bearskin (countable and uncountable, plural bearskins)

  1. The pelt of a bear, especially when used as a rug.
    • The farmer flayed him as he had the bear, and so he had both bear-skin and fox-skin.1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 113
    • In the midst stalked the King, his great limbs muffled, like Goldry’s, in a cloak: and it was of black silk lined with black bearskin, and ornamented with crabs worked in diamonds.1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 19
  2. (countable) A tall ceremonial hat worn by members of some British regiments for ceremonial occasions; a busby.
    Synonyms:
    busby
  3. (dated) A coarse, shaggy, woollen cloth for overcoats.

bearskin meaning in Tamil

bearskin in Tamil

முரட்டுக் கம்பளி, கரடித்தோல்

Examples of bearskin in a sentence

  • Her bed was not made of soft bearskins, but of hard walrus hide.
  • There’s a love scene on a bearskin rug; they say it’s marvellous.
  • The clock in the Warden’s drawing-room had just struck eight, and already the ducal feet were beautiful on the white bearskin hearthrug.

All 10 example sentences with bearskin

Synonyms of bearskin

Forms of bearskin

pluralbearskins

Origin of bearskin

From bear + skin.

Words formed from bearskin

Questions about bearskin

What does bearskin mean?
Bearskin means the pelt of a bear, especially when used as a rug.
What is bearskin in Tamil?
Bearskin in Tamil is முரட்டுக் கம்பளி, கரடித்தோல். See Bearskin meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is bearskin?
Bearskin is a noun.
How do you pronounce bearskin?
Bearskin is pronounced /ˈbɛə.skɪn/ (UK).
What is the plural of bearskin?
The plural of bearskin is bearskins.

Words near bearskin in the dictionary

  1. Bearsden
  2. bearship
  3. bearships
  4. bearshit
  5. bearsite
  6. bearskin
  7. bearskinned
  8. bearskins
  9. bearsona
  10. bearsonas
  11. Bearspaw

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bearskin (page history and authors); bearskin (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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