pigskin

English

Etymology

The American (US) football is a direct descendant of the ball used in the game of rugby. The rugby ball originally was made of a pig's bladder with a leather cover; the earliest versions of the leather exterior sometimes were made of pigskin.

Noun

pigskin (plural pigskins)

1. Leather made from the skin of a pig.
2. (US, slang) A football (see Etymology).

References

• Apple #356, The Football's Shape, http://dailyapple.blogspot.com/

Translations

Leather made from the skin of a pig

• Russian: свиная кожа (ru) (svinája kóža) f

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• Spanish: piel de cerdo m

Anagrams

• spiking