bearskin

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Recent Examples of bearskin Prince William is the honorary Colonel of the Welsh Guards, and wore the regiment's red uniform with a leek symbol on neckline and a traditional bearskin cap with white and green plume. Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 15 June 2024 For the ceremony, the King wore the tunic of the Guard of Honour Order made of bearskin with a blue garter sash, in honor of the regiment's color being trooped, with the cypher of his mother and predecessor, Queen Elizabeth and decorations of Noble Order military and knight garters. Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 15 June 2024 Kate's ensemble perfectly matched the plumes worn in the bearskin caps by the 1st Battalion Irish Guards. Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 30 Dec. 2023 The image showed the Queen giggling next to Philip, dressed in his military uniform, complete with a tall bearskin hat. Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 26 June 2023 See All Example Sentences for bearskin
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bearskin
Noun
  • Her sealskin confiscated from her, hidden or locked away, the selkie is trapped in her human form.
    Jennifer Berney, Outside Online, 7 Apr. 2023
  • The visitors admired the traditional regalia that whaling crews donned later in the day and participated in the blanket toss, with children jumping on the sealskin blanket and a few adults in the group helping hold it up.
    Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Aug. 2023
Noun
  • With his yellowy eyes, sadistic laugh and coonskin hat, Farkus looked every bit the villain in this childhood favorite.
    Mike Miller, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024
  • The heads of Max, Melvin and Buff (deer, moose and buffalo, respectively) still hang on the wall and comment on the proceedings, while Sammy the Raccoon also is still around — but is no longer acting as a living coonskin cap.
    Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 10 July 2024
Noun
  • This officer wore a large-brimmed hat and a deerskin coat.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 9 June 2025
  • Part Cherokee, her period garb of choice is a deerskin American Indian maiden’s dress.
    Tina Li, Sacbee.com, 7 June 2025
Noun
  • The town sits at about 2,100 feet (640 meters) above sea level, includes some 2,500 residents and is known for an annual carnival on January 17th, when men dress in dark masks and elaborate black sheepskin coats fastened to dozens of clanking cowbells (intended to ward off evil).
    Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
  • Crafted from smooth napa sheepskin, the block-heel shoes featured a square toe, an elasticized vamp and a wraparound leather ankle strap reminiscent of traditional pointe shoes.
    Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • Advertisement Read more: How Netanyahu Pushed Trump Toward War That day, a shepherd posted cell phone footage of an Israeli C-130 low in the sky over Syria, sheep bells clanking over the roar of the engines.
    Karl Vick, Time, 19 June 2025
  • In the first of two clips, four sheep enter via a set of large, wide-open folding glass doors.
    Colson Thayer, People.com, 17 June 2025
Noun
  • Its glossy goatskin leather fabrication adds to the sumptuousness of it all.
    Alexis Bennett Parker, Vogue, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Creole chickens weave between our legs, a chunky pig snuffles across the dirt floor, and a dusty ginger cat snoozes on a goatskin chair.
    Lydia Bell, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • An example: a steel-gray satin duchess coat lined in white ermine, with the black ermine tails falling from inside of the cuffs.
    Ralph Rucci, Robb Report, 20 Apr. 2025
  • Others, meanwhile, took notice of the speedy critter’s unique shape and coloring, and correctly identified it as an ermine.
    Bailey Richards, People.com, 9 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • For the past 20 years, conservationists in Spain worked to rehabilitate their European beaver populations and eventually noticed beavers living closer and closer to the border with Portugal, the organization said.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 13 June 2025
  • This led to a chain of cause and effect (a trophic cascade) that affected beavers, birds, and even the flow of the river.
    Nitin Sekar, ArsTechnica, 5 Apr. 2025

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“Bearskin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bearskin. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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