Moleskin

Description

1) The short, silky, deep-gray fur of a mole.

2) A sturdy, short-pile fabric made with a stain weave usually made out of cotton.

See fustian.

Synonyms and Related Terms

moleskin (Esp.); molshuid (Ned);

Authority

• G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 846

• Matt Roberts, Don Etherington, Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1982

• Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997

• The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998

• Encyclopedia Britannica, http://www.britannica.com Comment: "Fustian." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2004. Encyclopædia Britannica Premium Service. 30 July 2004 .