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Bearskin

noun

The pelt of a bear (sometimes used as a rug).

Tall hat; worn by some British soldiers on ceremonial occasions. Synonyms: busby, shako.

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"Bearskin" Quotes from Famous Books

... day Rheinhard was out hunting in the forest. Imagine his surprise when a gaunt figure, clad in a bearskin, stepped from the undergrowth and bade him follow, if he wished to see his daughter alive. The startled old man obeyed the summons, and arrived at length before a spacious cavern, which his guide motioned him to enter. Within, on a pile of damp leaves, lay Etelina and her child, both ...

— Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine • Lewis Spence

... and soon after I heard something bumping round outside. The door flew open, and in walked a bear, which came at me, growling. I grabbed a pine knot that was handy and hit the beast on the head, and over it rolled. The bearskin fell off, and there lay my mother stretched out on the floor. I was afraid I had killed her, and ran and got a pail of water and threw it on her. She came to, and sat up in a kind of ...

— Ben Comee - A Tale of Rogers's Rangers, 1758-59 • M. J. (Michael Joseph) Canavan

Words linked to "Bearskin" : fur, lid, hat, chapeau, pelt