doeskin
noun
doeskin is spelled D-O-E-S-K-I-N: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 81 million words in written English, the 286,585th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, doeskin means “Leather from the skin of a female deer or sheep” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of doeskin is doeskins.
How many letters and syllables are in doeskin?
| Letters | 7: D-O-E-S-K-I-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 81 million words; the 286,585th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is doeskin?
Doeskin appears about once in every 81 million words in written English, the 286,585th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce doeskin?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-doeskin.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of doeskin
- doeskins plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does doeskin mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Leather from the skin of a female deer or sheep.
- 2
The hide of a doe, as opposed to a buck.
Frequently, doeskins had a higher value in trade than the skins of bucks, as they were considered of finer quality.
- 3
A glove made of doeskin leather.
Elizabeth accidentally left her doeskins on the pew at Sunday service.
- 4
A very soft, close-napped fabric, especially of high quality.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does doeskin come from?
From doe + skin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).