Definition of "goatskin" []

• The skin of a goat. (noun)
• Leather made from a goatskin. (noun)
• A container, as for wine, made from a goatskin. (noun)

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• "Also received by Palin: jewelry made from renewable materials, a piece of stained glass, a custom Bible hand bound in goatskin leather, more than two dozen books and some cds."
• "Sometimes the memory of the past is very strong upon me, and I forget that I am a dirty old man, clad in goatskin, wandering with my savage grandsons who are goatherds in the primeval wilderness."
• "Holding it far above his head, Hassan tipped it back so that the water shot out of the tiny spout and directly into his open mouth, like wine from a medieval goatskin."