Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| aqualeather | leather made from fishskin. |
| astrakhan astrachan | a closely-curled black or grey fur from fleece of KARAKUL lambs; a cloth resembling this. |
| basan | a sheepskin roughly tanned and undressed. [Ar. bitanah, lining]. |
| bearskin | the skin of a bear; also a shaggy woollen cloth used for overcoats. |
| broadtail | fur prepared from the skin of very young KARAKUL lambs. |
| buckskin | the skin of a buck, used e.g. for gloves. |
| buckskinned | wearing buckskin. |
| budge | lambskin fur. |
| cabretta | a soft leather made from the skins of a hairy S American sheep. |
| calfskin | the skin of a calf, making a fine leather suitable for bookbinding and shoes. |
| camelhair | a cloth made from camelhair. |
| capeskin | a type of soft leather made from the skins of long-haired sheep or lambs. |
| catskin | the skin of a cat esp. as used to make e.g. gloves. |
| chammy shammy | a leather prepared from the skin of the chamois; (verb) to rub with a chammy leather. |
| checklaton shecklaton schecklaton | a kind of gilt leather. |
| cheverel cheveril | a soft, flexible, kidskin leather. |
| chevrette | a kind of thin kid leather. |
| coonskin | the skin of a raccoon, esp. as used to make a cap. |
| cordovan cordwain | goatskin leather. |
| cowhide | the hide of a cow, esp as made into a leather; (verb) to whip with a leather whip made from cowhide. |
| cowskin | the skin of a cow. |
| crimmer krimmer | the tightly curled grey or black fur from a Crimean lamb. |
| deerskin | the skin of a deer, esp. as used for garments. |
| doeskin | the skin of a female fallow deer. |
| dogskin | the skin of a dog, or leather made of the skin. |
| dongola | a type of leather. [From Dongola, a small town on the Nile]. |
| ermine | a white fur, the stoat's winter coat in northern lands. |
| ermined | trimmed with ERMINE. |
| fishskin | the skin of a fish. |
| fitch | the fur of the polecat. |
| fleece | a sheep's coat of wool; (verb) to swindle. |
| fleecy | like a fleece > FLEECIER, FLEECIEST. |
| flix | fur, beaver-down; (verb) an old form of FLUX > FLIXES, FLIXING, FLIXED. |
| foxskin | the skin of a fox. |
| fur | the thick, soft, fine hair of certain animals; (verb) to cover or coat with fur. |
| furlike | like fur. |
| furriery | furs, in general. |
| galyac galyak | a soft glossy fur from a stillborn lamb or kid. [Russian golyak, from goly, smooth]. |
| goatskin | the hide of a goat. |
| horsehide | the hide of a horse. |
| kidskin | kid leather. |
| kipskin | leather prepared from the skin of young or small cattle, intermediate in grade between CALFSKIN and COWHIDE. |
| krimmer | see CRIMMER. |
| lambskin | the skin of a lamb. |
| lapin | rabbit; rabbit fur. |
| leather | a tanned, tawed, or otherwise dressed skin; (verb) to beat with a leather belt. |
| leathern | made of leather. |
| leathery | of or like leather > LEATHERIER, LEATHERIEST. |
| leopardskin | the skin of a leopard > LEOPARDSKINS. |
| maroquin | goat leather, morocco leather. |
| moleskin | the skin or fur of a mole; also, a superior kind of cotton resembling this. |
| moosehair | the hair of a moose. |
| moosehide | the hide of a moose. |
| morocco | a fine goatskin leather tanned with sumac, first brought from Morocco. |
| mouton | a sheepskin processed to look like the fur of another animal. |
| napa nappa | a kind of soft leather prepared from sheep- or goat-skin by a special tawing process. |
| astrakhan oxhide | the hide of an ox. |
| parfleche parflesh | rawhide soaked in lye and water, then dried on a stretcher for shields. |
| peltless | lacking a pelt. |
| peltry | the skins of animals with the fur on them. |
| pigskin | the skin of a pig. |
| plew plu plue | a beaver skin. |
| ponyskin | the skin of a foal used as a fur. |
| qiviut | the fine, soft, light-brown under layer of hair on the musk ox; yarn spun from this hair. [Inupiaq, pl. of qiviuq.] |
| rawhide | (a rope or whip) of untanned leather; (verb) to whip with a rawhide. |
| russia | Russia leather, a fine brownish-red leather impregnated with birch tar oil, used esp in bookbinding. |
| saffian | a brightly-coloured goatskin or sheepskin leather. |
| schecklaton | see CHECKLATON. |
| sealskin | the skin of a seal. |
| shagreen | a granular leather made from horse's or donkey's skin; the skin of shark, ray, etc, covered with small nodules. |
| shammy | see CHAMMY. |
| shecklaton | see CHECKLATON. |
| sheepskin | the skin of a sheep. |
| slinkskin | the skin of a SLINK (a prematurely born calf), or leather made from it. |
| snakeskin | the skin of a snake. |
| spetch | a piece of undressed leather used in making glue > SPETCHES. |
| suede | undressed kidskin or soft leather; (verb) to give a suede finish to > SUEDES, SUEDING, SUEDED. |
| suedelike | like suede. |
| toison | (Fr.) a fleece. |
| underfur | the dense, soft fur beneath coarse outer hairs. |
| vair | squirrel fur, much used in medieval times, to line and trim robes. |
| vellum | calf or lamb gut or skin prepared for writing on; parchment. |
| villus | soft velvety hair or fur > VILLI. [L. villus, tuft, shaggy hair]. |
| whitleather | leather dressed with alum. |
| wolfskin | the skin of a wolf. |
| woolfell | a sheep's skin with the wool still on it. |
| woollike | like wool. |
| woolskin | a sheepskin with the wool still on it. |
| yapp | a limp leather binding. [From Yapp, a bookseller]. |
| yuft | a kind of Russian leather. |
| zibeline zibelline | the fur of the sable; also a soft woollen material with a lustrous pile. |
| zorino | a euphemism for skunk fur as used to make garments. |