pigskin
English
editEtymology
editCompound 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.
Pronunciation
editAudio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
editpigskin (plural pigskins)
- The skin of a pig.
- 2009, Zushe Yosef Blech, Kosher Food Production, page 318:
- In addition, most gelatins made today are produced from pigskins, which are not subject to this consideration.
- Leather made from the skin of a pig.
- Synonym: hoghide
- 2016, Robert Maddock, The 1,300 Years’ War: Volume One:
- Those killed fighting his troops would be buried in pigskins.
- (US, slang) A football.
- 2011, J. H. Holland, Dsi: Diddly Squat Investigation, page 35:
- “We gotta find those pigskins!” Squat insisted. “Pigskins?” Diddly asked. With obvious disdain, Squat replied, “Yeah, you know, that is what they call footballs, dummy.”
Hyponyms
editTranslations
editleather made from the skin of a pig
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References
edit- Apple #356, The Football's Shape, http://dailyapple.blogspot.com/