bearskin

[ UK /bˈe‍əskɪn/ ]
NOUN
  1. tall hat; worn by some British soldiers on ceremonial occasions
  2. the pelt of a bear (sometimes used as a rug)
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How To Use bearskin In A Sentence

  • These foreigners come here, drop notes of assignation into sentries' top-boots, pin fivers on to guardsmen's bearskins.
  • These foreigners come here, drop notes of assignation into sentries' top-boots, pin fivers on to guardsmen's bearskins.
  • Behind them were the Red Lancers in their square czapka headgear and the Horse Grenadiers in their tall black bearskins. Sharpe's Waterloo
  • I don't believe there is a significant change in human behavior since we ran around in bearskins.
  • The blue sleeveless jumper is decorated with marching guardsmen complete with bearskins and red tunics. Times, Sunday Times
  • The Sathe commander gestured at the impressive bearskin rug lying in front of the hearth.
  • Control of the comedy's timing is now in the hands of an editor, and few editors are as funny as Buster Keaton in a bearskin wielding a knobbly club.
  • Sigmund and the men on the bearskin greeted her as "Sipsu," with the customary "Hello," but Hitchcock made room on the sled that she might sit beside him. WHERE THE TRAIL FORKS
  • Normally, the glossier, smoother pelts from female bears are used for officers' bearskins, while other ranks are given hats made from the rougher pelt of the male animals.
  • Rhyll pushed open the door and led the others into a large room decorated with stags antlers, bearskins, spears, and other artefacts reflecting the hunter/warrior culture of the Kingdom's northernmost tribes.
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