goatskin

Example Sentences

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Every gardener needs gloves, and some of my favorites are made from goatskin, a soft and flexible leather that continues to be malleable even after getting wet.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2022

“But at the end of the day, there’s going to be a shortage,” he said, noting that the $185 “personal size” edition of the English Standard Version in blue goatskin already has sold out.

From Washington Times • Oct. 18, 2021

They’re defined by the sharp scrawl of the ghaita, a double-reed instrument, and the resounding pound of the tebel drum, which is made of goatskin and struck with wooden sticks.

From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2019

El Manantial has a veranda filled with hammocks, ferns and goatskin chairs.

From The Guardian • Nov. 24, 2018

He wore a tunic, patched and soiled, and leggings— oxhide patches, bound below his knees against the brambles; gauntlets on his hands and on his head a goatskin cowl of sorrow.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer