moleskin

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US/ˈmoʊlˌskɪn/

noun

The fur of a mole.

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Meanings

nounmoleskin (countable and uncountable, plural moleskins)

plural moleskins

  1. countableuncountableThe fur of a mole.
  2. countableuncountableA cotton twill fabric with a heavy velvety nap.
  3. broadlycountablein pluraluncountableClothing made of this fabric.
  4. countableuncountableA padded adhesive bandage used to prevent or treat blisters.
verbmoleskin (third-person singular simple present moleskins, present participle moleskinning, simple past and past participle moleskinned)

present singular third person moleskins · participle present moleskinning · participle past moleskinned · past moleskinned

  1. To cover with a moleskin bandage.

    Sadler has already wrapped an ace bandage around a badly sprained wrist (sustained in a fall on a desert trail), tweezered out a few cactus spines, moleskinned some blisters, and doled out all the pastillas de dolor —painkillers...

    2011, William deBuys, A Great Aridness: Climate Change and the Future of the American Southwest

Synonyms & antonyms

Narrower
skin

Origin

From mole + skin.

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Translations

Bulgarian кожа от къртица, молескин
  • кожа от къртица (koža ot kărtica)fur of a mole
  • молескин (moleskin)fabric
Catalan molesquí, pell de préssec
  • molesquífabric
  • pell de préssecfabric
Finnish myyrännahka, myyränkarva
  • myyrännahkafur of a mole
  • myyränkarvafur of a mole
French moleskine
  • moleskinefabric
German Maulwurfsfell, Moleskin
  • Maulwurfsfellfur of a mole
  • Moleskinfabric
  • Englischlederfabric
  • Pilotstofffabric
Irish craiceann caocháin
  • craiceann caocháinfur of a mole
Māori mohikena
  • mohikenafabric
Polish krecia skórka, moleskin
  • krecia skórkafur of a mole
  • moleskinfabric
Spanish moleskine
  • moleskinefabric
Swedish mullvadsskinn, mollskinn
  • mullvadsskinnfur of a mole
  • mollskinnfabric
Cite this entry
APA

moleskin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moleskin

MLA

“moleskin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moleskin. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “moleskin,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moleskin.

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