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yakskins

yakskins is the plural of yakskin.

Meaning of yakskin

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

Questions about yakskins

What is yakskins the plural of?
Yakskins is the plural of yakskin.

Words near yakskins in the dictionary

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

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