shagreen

shagreen
/sheuh green"/, n.
1. an untanned leather with a granular surface, prepared from the hide of a horse, shark, seal, etc.
2. the rough skin of certain sharks, used as an abrasive.
adj.
3. Also, shagreened. resembling, covered with, or made of shagreen.
[1605-15; < F chagrin, var. of sagrin < Turk sagri rump, crupper]

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