yakskin

yakskin

English

Crossing a river in a yakskin coracle

Etymology

yak +‎ skin

Noun

yakskin (countable and uncountable, plural yakskins)

1. The pelt or hide of a yak; leather made from yak hides.
   • 1933, James Hilton, Lost Horizon, New York: Pocket Books, 1939, Chapter Three, p. 59,

     […] there was greater ease in avoiding a scene since wine and fruit were now on offer, having been unpacked by the marching party, stocky Tibetans in sheepskins, fur hats, and yakskin boots.

   • 1996, Simon Winchester, The River at the Center of the World, New York: Picador, Chapter 14, p. 379,

     Down on the banks men were offering ferry rides to the far side in coracles made of yakskin.

   • 2010, David Abrams, Becoming Animal: An Earthly Cosmology, New York: Vintage, 2011, pp. 202-203,

     We accepted the invitation to stay at the home of the shaman’s parents, sleeping under yak skins on the second floor with the rest of the family […]

Alternative forms

• yak-skin, yak skin

Translations

Translations

Mongolian: сарлагийн шир (sarlagiin šir)