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# goatskin

«goatskin» in Mova's school dictionary: **The skin of a goat, often made into leather** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (goatskin, goatskins — often uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The skin of a goat, often made into leather. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goatskin/#m1)

2) Something made from goat leather, such as a bag, drum, or a container for water or wine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goatskin/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In history and Bible lessons goatskin bottles carried water and wine; in music, many drums such as the djembe have goatskin tops. In art and design it is a soft leather for gloves and book covers. Phrases: goatskin drum, goatskin bag, goatskin leather.

### examples

- The djembe drum has a goatskin top. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goatskin/#x1)
- Travellers carried water in goatskin bags. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goatskin/#x2)
- Her gloves are made of soft goatskin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goatskin/#x3)
- In the Bible story, Jacob wore goatskin on his arms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goatskin/#x4)
- The old book is bound in goatskin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goatskin/#x5)
- Goatskin is thinner than cowhide. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goatskin/#x6)
- So she took a strong needle, and some tough thread, and sewed him up in the goatskin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goatskin/#x7)

### note

One word: goat + skin. Usually uncountable when it means the material (made of goatskin), countable for one skin or bag (two goatskins). Vegetarians and vegans may avoid goatskin products.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «goatskin» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goatskin/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.