calfskin
[
kaf
-skin,
kahf
-]
/ˈkæfˌskɪn, ˈkɑf-/
noun
1.
the
skin
or hide of a
calf
.
2.
leather made from this
skin
.
Origin
1580-90;
calf
1
+
skin
Examples from the web for
calfskin
With little more than a touch of coral-pink
calfskin
, this goes from sweet to stunning.
The shoe's
calfskin
leather is buttery soft, so it doesn't need to be broken in.
The seamless little shells, hand-crafted for comfort of soft kip-
calfskin
.
The room smelled of new
calfskin
lug- gage and nail-lacquer remover.
British Dictionary definitions for
calfskin
calfskin
/
ˈkɑːfˌskɪn
/
noun
1.
the skin or hide of a calf
2.
Also called
calf
fine leather made from this skin
(
as modifier
):
calfskin boots