snakeskin

English

Etymology

From snake +‎ skin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsneɪkˌskɪn/

Noun

snakeskin (countable and uncountable, plural snakeskins)

  1. The skin of a snake
    1. (usually uncountable) The hide of a snake, used as leather.
    2. (countable) The moult of a snake.

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Adjective

snakeskin (not comparable)

  1. Made of snakeskin.
    • 1932, Dorothy L Sayers, chapter 10, in Have His Carcase:
      Sort of dago fellow; leads the orchestra down at the Winter Gardens ... You know the sort, all lah-di-dah and snakeskin shoes.