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noun
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.
adjective
3.
Also, sha·greened. resembling, covered with, or made of shagreen.
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Shagreen
is always a great word to know.
So is gobo. Does it mean:
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
Origin:
1605–15; < French chagrin, variant of sagrin < Turkish sağrι rump, crupper
1605–15; < French chagrin, variant of sagrin < Turkish sağrι rump, crupper
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