Sharkskin vs. Shagreen

Sharkskinnoun

The skin of a shark.

Sharkskinnoun

A shiny fabric made from synthetic fibers.

Sharkskinnoun

a smooth crisp fabric

Sharkskin

Sharkskin is a generic term used to describe a woven or warp-knitted fabric that imitates the shark's skin. The lines run from lower left to upper right on the face of the fabric .

Shagreennoun

An untanned leather, often dyed green; originally made from horse skin, today mostly made from the skin of a shark or ray.

Shagreenverb

(transitive) To give a texture resembling shagreen leather.

Shagreenverb

To chagrin.

Shagreennoun

A kind of untanned leather prepared in Russia and the East, from the skins of horses, asses, and camels, and grained so as to be covered with small round granulations. This characteristic surface is produced by pressing small seeds into the grain or hair side when moist, and afterward, when dry, scraping off the roughness left between them, and then, by soaking, causing the portions of the skin which had been compressed or indented by the seeds to swell up into relief. It is used for covering small cases and boxes.

Shagreennoun

The skin of various small sharks and other fishes when having small, rough, bony scales. The dogfishes of the genus Scyllium furnish a large part of that used in the arts.

Shagreenadjective

Made or covered with the leather called shagreen.

Shagreenadjective

Covered with rough scales or points like those on shagreen.

Shagreen

Shagreen is a type of rawhide consisting of rough untanned skin, historically from a horse's or onager's back, or from shark or ray.