goldbeater's skin

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The outer membrane of the caecum in a cattle. countable,uncountable
    — The Comstock laws that forbade the importation of contraceptives were never enforced against goldbeater's skins or their molds, so that throughout the decades when the laws against reproductive control were most stringently enforced a constant supply of materials ready to be turned into condoms was available.

词形变化

goldbeater's skins plural

词源

From the use of cow intestines as a separator in the manufacture of gold leaf.
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