goatskin

From Middle English geet skin; equivalent to goat +‎ skin.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡoʊtˌskɪn/

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goatskin (countable and uncountable, plural goatskins)

1. The skin of a goat, especially when cured and used as a material for clothing, tents, etc.

   Hypernyms: skin, hide; leather

   Coordinate terms: sheepskin, lambskin

   Near-synonym: kidskin

   • 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 77:

     The Arabs came out of their goatskin tents, and surrounded the soldiers, asking many questions in the native tongue, for the soldiers were themselves natives.

2. A liquid container (especially for holding wine or water) made from goat leather.
3. (Ireland, colloquial) A bodhran drum.

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