出典:Wiktionary
出典:『Wiktionary』 (2025/10/06 13:09 UTC 版)
Compound of pig + skin. The American football is a direct descendant of the ball used in the game of rugby. The rugby ball originally was made of a pig’s bladder with a leather cover; the earliest versions of the leather exterior sometimes were made of pigskin.
pigskin (countable and uncountable, plural pigskins)