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saffians

saffians is the plural of saffian.

Meaning of saffian

Noun

saffian (countable and uncountable, plural saffians)

  1. A leather made from goatskins or sheepskins which is tanned with sumac and then brightly dyed.
    • One of the three volumes Cyby had brought was as large as the top of a small table […]; from the arms impressed upon its saffian cover, I supposed it to be the history of some old noble family.1980, Gene Wolfe, chapter VI, in The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun; 1), New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 67

Questions about saffians

What is saffians the plural of?
Saffians is the plural of saffian.

Words near saffians in the dictionary

  1. Saffer
  2. saffern
  3. Saffers
  4. saffi
  5. saffian
  6. saffians
  7. Saffie
  8. Saffir
  9. Saffir-Simpson scale
  10. saffire
  11. saffires

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