sha·green (sh ə-gr ēn )
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n.1. The rough hide of a shark or ray with embedded denticles, used as an abrasive and as leather. 2. An untanned leather with a granular surface that is often dyed green.
[French chagrin, leather made from the croup of a horse, donkey, or mule, alteration (probably influenced by French chagrin, chagrin, because such leather is rough) of Middle French sagrin, from Turkish saǧrı, croup, leather made from a horse's croup, from Old Turkic; perhaps akin to Mongolian saγu-, to sit.]
sha·green adj. |