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sha·green
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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.
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resembling, covered with, or made of shagreen.
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Origin:
1605–15;
<
French
chagrin,
variant of
sagrin
<
Turkish
sağrι
rump, crupper
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shagreen
(ʃæˈɡriːn)
—
n
1.
the rough skin of certain sharks and rays, used as an abrasive
2.
a rough grainy leather made from certain animal hides
[C17: from French
chagrin,
from Turkish
çagri
rump; also associated through folk etymology with
shag
1
,
green
]
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