Meanings
plural maroquins
- countabledateduncountableLeather made from goatskin.
Oscillating freely a long chair incense swinger, a youthful server, magnificent in white silk stockings and Neapolitan-violet maroquin shoes, presented himself on the threshold in a fragrant veil of smoke.
1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 122Synonyms: morocco, morocco leather
Synonyms & antonyms
nounLeather made from goatskin.
Origin
From French, an alteration of marocain (“Moroccan”), where the leather was first produced. Doublet of marocain.
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