English Explanatory Dictionary

goldbeater's skin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The outer membrane of the caecum in a cattle.

Word forms

goldbeater's skin goldbeater's skins

Etymology

From the use of cow intestines as a separator in the manufacture of gold leaf.

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