codskin
codskin noun: the skin of a cod, especially that which is cured as leather.
Noun
codskin (countable and uncountable, plural codskins)
- The skin of a cod, especially that which is cured as leather.
- Norway is the land where extremes meet; where you can simultaneously see day-light, dying and returning to life; where dwarfs are as numerous as giants, and the lepers as healthy individuals. There are no stalls in this Norwegian Sheltery, but a number of tiny Scandinavian chalets. Reading the...1889 August 17, “Foreign Contribution. Paris Letter. Paris, 29th June, 1888”, in The Chinese Times, volume III, number 146, Tianjin, page 525
- Polish coastal labor cooperatives have begun tanning codskin for use in the production of women's footwear. Tanned codskin is said to be similar to ordinary animal skin in texture and has the appearance of lizard skin. Experiments also are being made in using the skin of sea catfish in producing...1948 November 15, “Footwear from codskin, Poland. Leather and Related Products [column]”, in Foreign Commerce Weekly, volume 33, number 7, United States Department of Commerce, page 31
Examples of codskin in a sentence
- There is a specimen of tanned codskin, that the English and American governments ought to secure, to bind the Fishery Treaty—when signed.1889 August 17, “Foreign Contribution. Paris Letter. Paris, 29th June, 1888”, in The Chinese Times, volume III, number 146, Tianjin, page...
- Polish coastal labor cooperatives have begun tanning codskin for use in the production of women's footwear.1948 November 15, “Footwear from codskin, Poland. Leather and Related Products [column]”, in Foreign Commerce Weekly, volume 33, number 7...
- HIGHBERGER: I might add that after Doty had gone through that, it was also done with calfskin and codskin collagen.1959, The Journal of the American Leather Chemists Association, volume 54, page 386:
Forms of codskin
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Origin of codskin
From cod + skin.
Questions about codskin
- What does codskin mean?
- Codskin means the skin of a cod, especially that which is cured as leather.
- How do you use codskin in a sentence?
- There is a specimen of tanned codskin, that the English and American governments ought to secure, to bind the Fishery Treaty—when signed.
- What part of speech is codskin?
- Codskin is a noun.
- What is the plural of codskin?
- The plural of codskin is codskins.
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