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单词 shagreen
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shagreen

[ shuh-green ]
/ ʃəˈgrin /
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noun

an untanned leather with a granular surface, prepared from the hide of a horse, shark, seal, etc.
the rough skin of certain sharks, used as an abrasive.

adjective

Also sha·greened . resembling, covered with, or made of shagreen.

Origin of shagreen

1605–15; <French chagrin, variant of sagrin<Turkish sağrι rump, crupper

Words nearby shagreen

shagged, shaggy, shaggy cap, shaggy-dog story, shaggy-mane, shagreen, shagreen skin, shagroon, shagtastic, shah, shahada
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Example sentences from the Web for shagreen

  • Shagreen was formerly very extensively used for covering the cases of watches, spectacles, surgical instruments, &c.

    Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II|Arnold Cooley

British Dictionary definitions for shagreen

shagreen
/ (ʃæˈɡriːn) /

noun

the rough skin of certain sharks and rays, used as an abrasive
a rough grainy leather made from certain animal hides

Word Origin for shagreen

C17: from French chagrin, from Turkish çagri rump; also associated through folk etymology with shag 1, green
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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