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Eskimo's wrap
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sealskin
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the pelt or fur (especially the underfur) of a seal; "a coat of seal" [syn: seal ] a garment (as a jacket or coat or robe) made of sealskin
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Sealskin is the skin of a seal which has been hunted. Seal skins have been used by aboriginal people for millennia to make waterproof jackets and boots, and seal fur to make fur coats . Sailors used to have tobacco pouches made from sealskin. Canada , Greenland ...
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A type of fabric made from the skin of seals. 2 Any fabric manufactured to resemble sealskin. 3 An item of clothing made from sealskin (whether real or imitation).
Usage examples of sealskin.
The priest followed, naked but for a sealskin clout that covered his private parts.
The dawn light touched the stony strand, and he watched men wake from sleep, throwing aside their sealskin blankets as they called for their first horn of ale.
The lashing and lines were made from tough sealskin, and the reins that would control the bonehead haulers were made of mammoth leather.
He fell in love with her, stole her Sealskin, insisted she marry him, live on land.
Once I feel my Sealskin round me, once I press it to my skin, I shall be whole.
My sleek, shiny Sealskin shimmered out to my hair before I touched it in the ordinary way.
It is unlikely that anyone will return before I do, but just in case, I will hide my Sealskin in the Cellar.
Fire flared bright in the gust of its movement, fire on my Sealskin, and on me, too.
The weight of the Sealskin eased from my shoulders, but that was only the ordinary magic of the buoyant sea.
The Sealskin could reverse the fusion of seal to human flesh, but not where it had been burned.
I tore at the Sealskin, ripping it from me, which ripped away Corinna, too.
It was hard not to surrender, to follow my Sealskin into the unlighted regions.
When she reached the bay, she stripped to a loincloth, wrapped her clothes in an oiled sealskin bag, and dove into the waters, swimming strongly.
And if that pleases them, they can give me the sealskin boat in exchange.
One thin hand lay beneath his cheek, the other hung like wax upon the sealskin coverlet, and over him brooded a solemn silence, like the silence of the cold grave.