The skin of a kid, esp. such skin tanned and used for gloves; also applied to skins of lambs and other animals used for this purpose. Also attrib., as kid-skin glove.
c. 1645. Howell, Lett., xiv. (1765), 19. A dozen pair of the best white Kid-skin Gloves the Royal Exchange can afford.
1657. Thornley, trans. Longus’ Daphnis & Chloe, 29. Daphnis saw Chloe in her Kidskin, and her Pine coronet.
1719. W. Wood, Surv. Trade, 94. Kid-skins, Paper, Pruans, Linens and wrought Silks.
1826. Scott, Woodst., i. What is a glover but a tailor working on kid-skin?
1826. Lamb, Elia, Ser. II. Pop. Fallacies, xv. Another had dipped his scooped palm in a kid-skin of wild honey.
