moleskin

See also: Moleskin

English

moleskin fabric (2)
moleskin jacket (3)

Etymology

mole + skin

Noun

moleskin (countable and uncountable, plural moleskins)

  1. The fur of a mole.
  2. A cotton twill fabric with a heavy velvety nap.
  3. (by extension, in the plural) Clothing made of this fabric.
  4. A padded adhesive bandage used to prevent or treat blisters.

Hyponyms

Descendants

  • Catalan: molesquí
  • French: moleskine
  • German: Moleskin
  • Japanese: モールスキン (mōresukin)
  • Polish: moleskin
  • Spanish: moleskine

Translations

Verb

moleskin (third-person singular simple present moleskins, present participle moleskinning, simple past and past participle moleskinned)

  1. To cover with a moleskin bandage.
    • 2011, William deBuys, A Great Aridness: Climate Change and the Future of the American Southwest:
      Sadler has already wrapped an ace bandage around a badly sprained wrist (sustained in a fall on a desert trail), tweezered out a few cactus spines, moleskinned some blisters, and doled out all the pastillas de dolor —painkillers...

Further reading

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English moleskin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔˈlɛs.kin/
  • Rhymes: -ɛskin
  • Syllabification: mo‧les‧kin

Noun

moleskin m inan (related adjective moleskinowy)

  1. moleskin (cotton twill fabric with a heavy velvety nap)
  2. moleskin (clothing made of this fabric)

Declension

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.