Pigskin

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pigskin \Pig"skin`\ (p[i^]g"sk[i^]n`), n.
     1. The skin of a pig, -- used chiefly for making saddles;
        hence, a colloquial or slang term for a saddle.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A football; -- so called because the covering is often


        made of pigskin. [Colloq.]
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pigskin
       n : leather from the skin of swine