leopardskin

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noun

The skin or pelt of a leopard.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

nounleopardskin (countable and uncountable, plural leopardskins)

plural leopardskins · alternative leopard-skin · alternative leopard skin

  1. countableuncountableThe skin or pelt of a leopard.
  2. countableuncountableSuch a skin forming a simple article of clothing.

    I turned, and followed him down the passage, and when we reached the great central cave saw that many Amahagger, some robed, and some merely clad in the sweet simplicity of a leopard skin, were hurrying along it.

    1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC
    1 more example

    Opposite him was the Fat Lady, red-faced and laughing. Beside her, the India-rubber Man wound spaghetti on to a fork with an expression of deepest melancholy. Further down the table, the Strong Man, an overcoat covering his leopard-skin, talked garrulously.

    1957, Sydney J. Bounds, The Robot Brains, London: Digit Books, page 26
  3. attributiveuncountableA design, especially on fabric, similar to the markings of a leopard.

Origin

Translations

Ancient Greek παρδαλέη, παρδαλῆ
  • παρδαλέη (pardaléē)Translations
  • παρδαλῆ (pardalê)Translations
Greek παρδαλή
  • παρδαλή (pardalí)Translations
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