英和和英

語源

yak +‎ skin

名詞

yakskin (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 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,^[1]

     […] 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,^[2]

     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,^[3]

     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 […]