The skin or pelt of a beaver; beaver fur used for clothing, blankets, or other goods; a valuable commodity in the fur trade.
Compound of beaver and skin (from Old Norse skinn), paralleling other fur terms like deerskin. Direct, transparent naming of the material object.
Beaverskin blankets were the ultimate trading commodity of the colonial fur trade—so valuable they were used as currency, and Europeans' obsession with beaver felt hats nearly drove beavers to extinction in North America, showing how fashion decisions made in Paris shaped the destiny of entire ecosystems!
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