SEALSKIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sealskin mean? 

• SEALSKIN (noun)
  The noun SEALSKIN has 2 senses:

1. the pelt or fur (especially the underfur) of a seal

2. a garment (as a jacket or coat or robe) made of sealskin

  Familiarity information: SEALSKIN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEALSKIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The pelt or fur (especially the underfur) of a seal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

seal; sealskin

Context example:

a coat of seal

Hypernyms ("sealskin" is a kind of...):

fur; pelt (the dressed hairy coat of a mammal)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A garment (as a jacket or coat or robe) made of sealskin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("sealskin" is a kind of...):

garment (an article of clothing)

 Context examples 

And it was of sealskin,—and he was an old sealer.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It was of coarse sealskin—the straight-haired skin, with a leather thong to bind it.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The amazing strength, the skill in the use of the harpoon, the rum and water, the sealskin tobacco-pouch with the coarse tobacco—all these pointed to a seaman, and one who had been a whaler.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)