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Calfskin

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. The hide of a calf.

n. Fine leather made from the hide of a calf.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A fine leather made from the hide of a calf.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The hide or skin of a calf; or leather made of the skin.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The hide or skin of a calf.

n. Leather made of calves' skins, a common material for boots and shoes, and also, when differently prepared, for bookbinding. Calfskin differs from morocco in having a very smooth and uniform surface.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. fine leather from the skin of a calf

Word Usage

"Copies of the same books, mostly bound in calfskin, were to be found in the library below, and I courageously resolved that I too would read them all and try to understand life as he did."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

leather

Hyponym

box calf

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

well-stuffed cordovan pigskin wash-leather fleece-lined catskin 5-pound hobnailed ziplock silver-worked