Home › Words › C › caribouskincaribouskincaribouskin means the skin of a caribou, or leather made therefrom.EtymologyFrom caribou + skin.nounThe skin of a caribou, or leather made therefrom.e.g.“The seams, at the shoulders and elsewhere, are ornamented with a 3 inch fringe of caribouskin.” — 1898, Frank Russell, chapter 11, in Explorations in the Far North, page 188:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.elkskin 68% match — The skin of an elk, or leather made from it. vs caribouskin →mooseskin 65% match — The skin of a moose, or leather made therefrom. vs caribouskin →deerskin 64% match — Leather made from deer hide. vs caribouskin →caribou 63% match — Any of several North American subspecies Rangifer tarandus of the reindeer. vs caribouskin →doeskin 62% match — Leather from the skin of a female deer or sheep. vs caribouskin →catskin 62% match — the skin of a cat, or leather made therefrom vs caribouskin →cowskin 62% match — Leather made from the hide of a cow or similar animal. vs caribouskin →dogskin 61% match — Leather made from the skin of a dog, or from sheepskin in imitation of it. vs caribouskin →