Home › Words › H › horseskinhorseskinhorseskin means the skin of a horse, or leather made therefrom.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, horseskin ranks #29,380 of 42,752 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom horse + skin.nounThe skin of a horse, or leather made therefrom.e.g.“The dried horseskin was made of brown Canton flannel and was held in place by being thrown over a horizontal stick.” — 1930, John Merrill, Martha Fleming, Play-making and plays: the dramatic impulse and its educative use in the elementary and secondary school, MacMillan, page 98:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.horsehide 76% match — Hide of a horse. vs horseskin →cowskin 68% match — Leather made from the hide of a cow or similar animal. vs horseskin →horsen 66% match — Of or pertaining to horses; equine vs horseskin →horseflesh 65% match — The flesh of a horse; horsemeat. vs horseskin →horsemeat 65% match — The meat from a horse. vs horseskin →horsely 64% match — Pertaining to, relating to, or similar to horses; horselike or equine. vs horseskin →mooseskin 63% match — The skin of a moose, or leather made therefrom. vs horseskin →elkskin 63% match — The skin of an elk, or leather made from it. vs horseskin →