swanskin

swan·skin

(swŏn′skĭn′)

1. The skin of a swan with the feathers attached.

2. Any of several flannel or cotton fabrics with a soft nap.

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swanskin

(ˈswɒnˌskɪn)

1. (Textiles) the skin of a swan with the feathers attached

2. (Textiles) a fine twill-weave flannel fabric

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swan•skin

(ˈswɒnˌskɪn)

n.

1. the skin of a swan, with the feathers on.

2. any of various softly napped fabrics, esp. a flannellike wool used for work clothes.

[1600–10]

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Later I learned that a molleton, molletone in Italian, is literally a swanskin, a soft skin.

The Crossing

The European craze for swanskin powder puffs, quill pens and feathers for ladies' hats all but wiped out the species by the late 1800s.

RETURN TO THE Heartland - Absent from the Midwest for most of the past century, the regal trumpeter swan is making an impressive comeback

The Batchelor, the lead ship with the loot, was towed up the Thames, with its Master Alexander Selkirk in "swanskin waistcoat, blue linen shirt, new breeches and shoes with scarlet laces" taking the salute.