The hide or leather made from the skin of a deer, valued for its softness and durability.
Compound of 'deer' and 'skin' from Old English 'scinn'. Deerskin has been used since medieval times as a high-quality material for clothing, gloves, and leather goods.
Deerskin was so prized for gloves in the Renaissance that it became a status symbol—the softest, most expensive gloves in Europe came from deer hunted in England, and wearing them meant you had serious wealth.
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