Calfskin
the skin or hide of a calf.
leather made from this skin.
Historical Examples
Who Are Happiest? and Other Stories T. S. Arthur
Lucky Pehr August Strindberg
The Boy Mechanic, Book 2 Various
Journeys to Bagdad Charles S. Brooks
The Woman Beautiful Helen Follett Stevans
When Egypt Went Broke Holman Day
The Boy Tar Mayne Reid
The Boy Mechanic, Book 2 Various
Two Wars: An Autobiography of General Samuel G. French Samuel Gibbs French
American Inventions and Inventors William A. Mowry
noun
the skin or hide of a calf
Also called calf
fine leather made from this skin
(as modifier): calfskin boots
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