subs. phr. (venery).—The female pudendum: see MONOSYLLABLE. Hence SHAKING A SKIN-COAT = copulating.
1653. URQUHART, Rabelais, II. xvii. And by G— I will have their SKIN-COAT SHAKEN once yet before they die.
TO CURRY ONE’S SKINCOAT, verb. phr. (old).—To thrash.
