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, chapter 3, in Lost Horizon‎^[1], New York: Pocket Books, published 1939, page 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, chapter 14, in The River at the Center of the World‎^[2], New York: Picador, page 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, published 2011, pages 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)