wolfskinn.
/ˈwʊlfskɪn/, U.S. /ˈwʊlfˌskɪn/ The skin or pelt of a wolf; a garment, etc. made of this. Also attributive.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > skin or hide > skin with hair attached or fur > [noun] > of wolf
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a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) vi Þe wolfe skynn is hote forto make koffes or pylches.
1617 J. Harington tr. H. Ronsovius Preserv. Health xi. 37 in Englishmans Doctor (rev. ed.) Garments..of Martyn or Wolfe-skinnes.
1734 Free Briton No. 255. 2/2 Multitudes believe..that a Sheep-skin Drum bursts asunder at the beat of a Wolf-skin Drum.
1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel iii. xvi. 77 His bugle horn..in a wolf-skin baldrick tied.
1859 Ld. Tennyson Elaine in Idylls of King 189 His battle-writhen arms and mighty hands Lay naked on the wolfskin.
1918 Blackwood's Mag. June 743/1 When our own ancestors were..barbarians in wolfskins.
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