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Kidskin, used for gloves, shoes and other accessories, is traditionally goatskin, although other leathers such as sheep and kangaroo can be used to make kid. [2] [3] Tanned leather from goatskin is considered extremely durable and is commonly used to make rugs (for example in Indonesia) and carpet binding.
With its narrow nozzle, it is possible to drink "zurrust", i.e. intercepting the jet without touching the bottle. The name of zahato or zahako (variants: xahako, zarako) is a diminutive zahat-to/-ko of zahagi 'big goatskin bottle'. Its manufacturer is a zahatogile. The zahato is made of two pieces of tanned and close-cropped goatskin. Softened ...
Goatskin may refer to: Goatskin (material), the skin of a goat or the leather made from it; Goatskin (container), a container for wine This page was last edited on 18 ...
The finest grades of Morocco leather are goatskin, but by the late 19th century other skins often were substituted in practice, particularly sheepskin and split calfskin. For example, French Morocco is a variety made of sheepskin. [6] The tanning process varied widely, but the traditional tanning material was sumac.
The name is derived from medieval Latin word aequator, in the phrase circulus aequator diei et noctis, meaning 'circle equalizing day and night', from the Latin word aequare meaning 'make equal'. equilateral: æquilateral: aequilateral (BrE - obsolete) from Latin "aequus" equinox: æquinox: aequinox (BrE - obsolete) from Latin "aequi + nocta ...
Central European (Northern) type of finished parchment made of goatskin stretched on a wooden frame Parchment with a quill and ink. Parchment is a writing material made from specially prepared untanned skins of animals—primarily sheep, calves, and goats.
An example of this kind is buckskin. Leather products made in this manner are known for their exceptional softness and washability. Alum leather is transformed using aluminium salts mixed with a variety of binders and protein sources, such as flour and egg yolk. Alum leather is not actually tanned; rather the process is called "tawing", and the ...
Synonym list in cuneiform on a clay tablet, Neo-Assyrian period [1] A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. [2] For example, in the English language, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate are all synonyms of one another: they are ...