English

Book bound in maroquin

Noun

maroquin ‎(plural maroquins)

1. leather made from goatskin
   • 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 122

     Oscillating freely a long chair incense swinger, a youthful server, magnificent in white silk stockings and Neapolitan-violet maroquin shoes, presented himself on the threshold in a fragrant veil of smoke.

Usage notes

Somewhat refined or dated, the Anglicized morocco leather or simply morocco are often used instead.

Synonyms

• (goatskin leather): morocco leather, morocco

See also

• chargrin
• shagreen

French

Etymology

Alteration of marocain ‎(“Moroccan”), where the leather was first produced

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ʁɔ.kɛ̃/
• Rhymes: -ɛ̃
• Homophones: marocain, Marocain, marocains, Marocains

Noun

maroquin m ‎(plural maroquins)

1. marocain (type of leather)
2. Object made of marocain
3. (figuratively, by extension) ministerial briefcase

Derived terms

• maroquinerie