Crossword clues for calfskin
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Calfskin \Calf"skin`\, n. The hide or skin of a calf; or leather made of the skin. [1913 Webster] ||
Wiktionary
n. A fine leather made from the hide of a calf.
WordNet
n. fine leather from the skin of a calf [syn: calf]
Wikipedia
Calfskin or calf leather is a leather or membrane produced from the hide of a calf, or juvenile domestic cattle. Calfskin is particularly valuable because of its softness, and fine grain, as well as durability. It is commonly used for high-quality clothing, shoes, wallets and similar products, as well as traditional leather bookbindings. In these contexts, just "calf" is commonly used. Fine calfskin is one of the skins used for vellum and parchment manuscripts.
In Spanish, the word is "Novillo", referring to leather from animals less than three years old. Chickenskin, despite its name, is actually a form of calfskin made using the skin of unborn calves.
In fashion, soft finished calfskin is sometimes described as veau velours (French for "velvet calf").
Usage examples of "calfskin".
He held calfskin gloves casually in one hand, and at his waist rode a sword in a richly tooled sheath bearing the mark of the silver tree.
But her arms and hands were wrapped in special poultices of herbs and the thinnest and most fragile of tanned rabbit and calfskin, and Talia knew that beneath those bandages the skin was gone, and the flesh left raw.
Hamlet had calluses tougher than the calfskin gloves the servants offered.
The near-soft feel of the warm silver and the calfskin sheath that covers only half its flat rounded silver length.
Keith Freer, though kind of a second-rank junior player, does look beautiful in his calfskin vest his face and body match.
As Krysty bent to try them on, her scarlet hair spread out in a brilliant wave over the dark calfskin of the boots.
The innkeeper wore a Kingdom-style tunic and trousers, the latter tucked into high-top calfskin boots.
Though we were enveloped in a darkness smelling faintly of calfskin and old leather, I was conscious of a sense of space about me.
The creamy leather, with its pinpoint air holes, had the feel of the calfskin shoes she could never afford, and the dark walnut of the front cabin reminded her of a museum.
Skolnick would then circle through the Center City, while the lawyer in the passenger seat stuffed the envelope into the breach between the red calfskin backrest and the front bench.
A beautiful calfskin pouch, in natural brown, and a belt to go with it.
He opened his Louis Vuitton calfskin briefcase on the chair beside him and withdrew a sheaf of documents.
A shepherd in Barca's Hamlet had calluses tougher than the calfskin gloves the servants offered.
Get the heralds to cut you up some calfskins and turn them into parchments.
The corners of the room were piled with undressed sheep and calfskins of bold personality, and a young heifer couched in the middle was giving warm seating to four or five men.