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mooseskin

mooseskin noun: the skin of a moose, or leather made therefrom.

Noun

mooseskin (plural mooseskins)

  1. The skin of a moose, or leather made therefrom.
    • These lodge poles were steadied by being lashed to a couple of cross poles whose arch conformed to the inner curve of the lodge. The covering was preferably made of mooseskins sewn together although caribouskins were used if the former were not available. Sometimes the upper part of the cover was...1959, Yale University Publications in Anthropology, number 55, page 71

Forms of mooseskin

pluralmooseskins

Origin of mooseskin

From moose + skin.

Questions about mooseskin

What does mooseskin mean?
Mooseskin means the skin of a moose, or leather made therefrom.
What part of speech is mooseskin?
Mooseskin is a noun.
What is the plural of mooseskin?
The plural of mooseskin is mooseskins.

Words near mooseskin in the dictionary

  1. mooselimb
  2. mooselimbs
  3. mooseling
  4. mooselings
  5. mooses
  6. mooseskin
  7. mooseskins
  8. moosette
  9. moosettes
  10. moosewood
  11. moosewoods

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