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Word Meanings - BEARSKIN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. The skin of a bear. 2. A coarse, shaggy, woolen cloth for overcoats. 3. A cap made of bearskin, esp. one worn by soldiers.

Related words: (words related to BEARSKIN)

  • WOOLEN
    1. Made of wool; consisting of wool; as, woolen goods. 2. Of or pertaining to wool or woolen cloths; as, woolen manufactures; a woolen mill; a woolen draper. Woolen scribbler, a machine for combing or preparing wool in thin, downy, translucent
  • COARSE
    was anciently written course, or cours, it may be an abbreviation of of course, in the common manner of proceeding, common, and hence, homely, made for common domestic use, plain, rude, rough, gross, e. 1. Large in bulk, or composed of large parts
  • COARSELY
    In a coarse manner; roughly; rudely; inelegantly; uncivilly; meanly.
  • CLOTHESLINE
    A rope or wire on which clothes are hung to dry.
  • CLOTHESHORSE
    A frame to hang clothes on.
  • CLOTHIER
    1. One who makes cloths; one who dresses or fulls cloth. Hayward. 2. One who sells cloth or clothes, or who makes and sells clothes.
  • CLOTHING
    See CARD (more info) 1. Garments in general; clothes; dress; raiment; covering. From others he shall stand in need of nothing, Yet on his brothers shall depend for clothing. Milton. As for me, . . . my clothing
  • CLOTHESPIN
    A forked piece of wood, or a small spring clamp, used for fastening clothes on a line.
  • CLOTHES
    1. Covering for the human body; dress; vestments; vesture; -- a general term for whatever covering is worn, or is made to be worn, for decency or comfort. She . . . speaks well, and has excellent good clothes. Shak. If I may touch but his clothes,
  • SOLDIERSHIP
    Military qualities or state; martial skill; behavior becoming a soldier. Shak.
  • COARSEN
    To make coarse or vulgar; as, to coarsen one's character. Graham.
  • CLOTHRED
    Clottered. Chaucer.
  • CLOTHESPRESS
    A receptacle for clothes.
  • COARSENESS
    The quality or state of being coarse; roughness; melegance; vulgarity; grossness; as, coarseness of food, texture, manners, or language. "The coarseness of the sackcloth." Dr. H. More. Pardon the coarseness of the illustration. L'Estrange.
  • CLOTH
    cloth, garment; akin to D. kleed, Icel. klæ'ebi, Dan. klæde, cloth, 1. A fabric made of fibrous material (or sometimes of wire, as in wire cloth); commonly, a woven fabric of cotton, woolen, or linen, adapted to be made into garments;
  • COARSE-GRAINED
    Having a coarse grain or texture, as wood; hence, wanting in refinement.
  • SHAGGY
    Rough with long hair or wool. About his shoulders hangs the shaggy skin. Dryden. 2. Rough; rugged; jaggy. Milton. that winds unseen beneath the shaggy fell. Keble.
  • BEARSKIN
    1. The skin of a bear. 2. A coarse, shaggy, woolen cloth for overcoats. 3. A cap made of bearskin, esp. one worn by soldiers.
  • CLOTHE
    1. To put garments on; to cover with clothing; to dress. Go with me, to clothe you as becomes you. Shak. 2. To provide with clothes; as, to feed and clothe a family; to clothe one's self extravagantly. Drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. Prov.
  • SAILCLOTH
    Duck or canvas used in making sails.
  • BEDCLOTHES
    Blankets, sheets, coverlets, etc., for a bed. Shak.
  • HEARSECLOTH
    A cloth for covering a coffin when on a bier; a pall. Bp. Sanderson.
  • BREECHCLOTH
    A cloth worn around the breech.
  • NECKCLOTH
    A piece of any fabric worn around the neck.
  • BROADCLOTH
    A fine smooth-faced woolen cloth for men's garments, usually of double width ; -- so called in distinction from woolens three quarters of a yard wide.
  • UNCLOTHED
    Divested or stripped of clothing. Byron. 2. Etym: (more info) 1. Etym:
  • CARBORUNDUM CLOTH; CARBORUNDUM PAPER
    Cloth or paper covered with powdered carborundum.
  • SADDLECLOTH
    A cloth under a saddle, and extending out behind; a housing.
  • GUNNY; GUNNY CLOTH
    A strong, coarse kind of sacking, made from the fibers (called jute) of two plants of the genus Corchorus (C. olitorius and C. capsularis), of India. The fiber is also used in the manufacture of cordage. Gunny bag, a sack made of gunny, used for
  • HAIRCLOTH
    Stuff or cloth made wholly or in part of hair.
  • CHEESE CLOTH
    A thin, loosewoven cotton cloth, such as is used in pressing cheese curds.
  • SMALLCLOTHES
    A man's garment for the hips and thighs; breeches. See Breeches.
  • UNCLOTHE
    To strip of clothes or covering; to make naked. I. Watts. do groan being burdened; not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon. 2 Cor. v. 4.

 

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