How To Use Doeskin In A Sentence
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A gaudy dresser who at one point favored gold satin shirts, gold velvet ties and a purple doeskin suit, Tynan burst into journalism at a young age and later served as literary manager for Britain's renowned National Theatre.
A challenging role for a complex thespian
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Old men and governors wore broadcloth; "full dress" was broadcloth with "doeskin" trousers; and there were seen men of all ages to whom a hat meant only that rigid, tall silk thing known to impudence as a
The Magnificent Ambersons
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She was royally dressed by Apache standards, in a fine beaded doeskin tunic, fringed below the knee, which must have taken a dozen squaws a week to chew; her moccasins had bright geometric patterns, a lace scarf was bound about her brows, and there was enough silver and beadwork round her neck to start a bazaar.
Isabelle
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Her shirt was of ivory linen, and her fancifully decorated vest of soft doeskin.
THE GOLDEN FOOL: BOOK TWO OF THE TAWNY MAN
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And I knew the 'Paches well enough, God help me; I was even married to one for a spell, banns, beads, buffalo-dance and all, and a spanking little wild beast she was, too, with her peach-brown satin skin and hot black eyes, and those white doeskin leggings up to her thighs with the tiny silver bells all down the sides ...
Isabelle
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His leggings and shirt were of a plain doeskin, an ornamental band of colored beads and dentalium shells formed the shirt's collar.
Moonheart
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His dress suited his pretensions -- the soft rich broadcloth which tailors called doeskin, and linen of a fineness rare outside the eastern cities.
The Path of the King
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He stepped from behind the screen, dressed in light, silky green robes and soft doeskin breeches.
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Today he was resplendent in a well-tailored riding coat of cobalt superfine, a figured waistcoat of sky blue marcella, white doeskin trousers, and highly polished black Hessians.
How to Woo a Reluctant Lady
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My hair down and already disheveled from riding, my doeskin leggings soiled from the wet grass, my tunic torn, I ran to the palace courtroom.
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She removed her nightgown and donned a pair of black doeskin breeches.
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A gray felt hat and gray doeskin gloves lent the finishing touches.
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And his dress, in her opinion, was enough to frighten a hodman, of a scavenger of the roads, instead of the decent suit of kersey, or of Sabbath doeskins, such as had won the respect and reverence of his fellow-townsmen.
Lorna Doone
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She was dressed in clothes of silvery grey, a full shirt, belted at the waist, a pair of doeskin trousers, and boots of the same.
A TIME OF WAR
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The mail was of finest rings of steel sewn upon soft doeskin, fitted so closely that there was no room for gambison or jerkin; and though it might have stopped a broad arrow or turned the edge of a blade, a sharp dagger could have made a wound beneath it, and against a blow it afforded less protection than a woollen cloak.
Via Crucis
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He stepped from behind the screen, dressed in light, silky green robes and soft doeskin breeches.
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Old men and governors wore broadcloth; "full dress" was broadcloth with "doeskin" trousers; and there were seen men of all ages to whom a hat meant only that rigid, tall silk thing known to impudence as a "stove-pipe.
The Magnificent Ambersons; illustrated by Arthur William Brown
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Laurel reminded the worried farrier as she pulled on a doeskin coat and boots.
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Philemon picked out a pair of doeskin hose and put them on the bed.
WHEN THE HEAVENS FALL
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Today he was resplendent in a well-tailored riding coat of cobalt superfine, a figured waistcoat of sky blue marcella, white doeskin trousers, and highly polished black Hessians.
How to Woo a Reluctant Lady
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Today he was resplendent in a well-tailored riding coat of cobalt superfine, a figured waistcoat of sky blue marcella, white doeskin trousers, and highly polished black Hessians.
How to Woo a Reluctant Lady
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Over his doeskin boots he wore leggings of wolf fur bound in place in the Viking manner.
THE WOLF AND THE DOVE
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On the ivory shelves you see some soft orchid linen galligaskins, some buttercup yellow doeskin galligaskins, some pale celadon silk galligaskins, some deep crimson satin galligaskins, some olive green wool galligaskins, some onyx black velvet galligaskins, some dark umber leather galligaskins and some bright cyan twill galligaskins.
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For the chair he chose was carved of tigerwood, comfortably cushioned with soft doeskin tanned to a golden hue.
Sun In Glory
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The Indian in the story will, of course, be shirtless, wear fringed doeskin pants, and a feather in his hair.
Dorothy Garlock discusses the western novel genre and the art of writing a 'western'.