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yakskin

yakskin noun: the pelt or hide of a yak; leather made from yak hides.

yakskin: the pelt or hide of a yak; leather made from yak hides
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Noun

yakskin (countable and uncountable, plural yakskins)

  1. The pelt or hide of a yak; leather made from yak hides.
    • […] 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.1933, James Hilton, chapter 3, in Lost Horizon, New York: Pocket Books, published 1939, page 59
    • Down on the banks men were offering ferry rides to the far side in coracles made of yakskin.1996, Simon Winchester, chapter 14, in The River at the Center of the World, New York: Picador, page 379

Forms of yakskin

pluralyakskins
alternative formyak-skin
alternative formyak skin

Origin of yakskin

From yak + skin.

Questions about yakskin

What does yakskin mean?
Yakskin means the pelt or hide of a yak; leather made from yak hides.
What part of speech is yakskin?
Yakskin is a noun.
What is the plural of yakskin?
The plural of yakskin is yakskins.

Words near yakskin in the dictionary

  1. yakshas
  2. yakshi
  3. yakshini
  4. yakshinis
  5. yakshis
  6. yakskin
  7. yakskins
  8. Yakthung
  9. Yakthungs
  10. yaku
  11. Yakubian

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