>Hello,
>
>I was looking at some invoices from 1760 for
>a tailor. Among the items mentioned was
>bareskin. The billing was for bareskin
>suits. What is bareskin? This was in
>Tidewater VA on the James River. Are we
>talking bear skins, skins of animals with the
>hair off, a specific type of skin processing
>giving it a name, a cloth? Too little info,
>too many possibilities. ......
Best guess is OED definition #4: "A shaggy woolen cloth used for overcoats."
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