bearskin

English

A bearskin hat

Etymology

From bear +‎ skin.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛə.skɪn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛəɹ.skɪn/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

bearskin (countable and uncountable, plural bearskins)

1. (countable, uncountable) The pelt of a bear, especially when used as a rug.
   • 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 113:

     The farmer flayed him as he had the bear, and so he had both bear-skin and fox-skin.

   • 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros‎^[1], London: Jonathan Cape, page 19:

     In the midst stalked the King, his great limbs muffled, like Goldry’s, in a cloak: and it was of black silk lined with black bearskin, and ornamented with crabs worked in diamonds.

2. (countable) A tall ceremonial hat worn by members of some British regiments for ceremonial occasions; a busby.
3. (dated) A coarse, shaggy, woollen cloth for overcoats.

Synonyms

• (ceremonial hat): busby

Derived terms

• bearskinned

 

Translations

pelt of a bear

• Dutch: berenpels (nl) f, berenvacht (nl) f
• German: Bärenfell (de) n
• Greek: αρκουδοτόμαρο (el) n (arkoudotómaro)
• Irish: craiceann béir m
• Italian: pelliccia d'orso f, pelle d'orso f
• Lakota: matȟóha
• Romanian: blană de urs f
• Welsh: croen arth m

tall ceremonial hat

• Dutch: berenmuts (nl) f
• Italian: colbacco (it) m
• Polish: bermyca (pl) f
• Welsh: cap croen arth m

coarse, shaggy, woollen cloth for overcoats

• Spanish: bayetón m

See also

• bearskin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• bare-skin, bareskin, break-ins, breaks in, inbreaks, sea-brink