pigskin
Meanings
Plural: pigskins
Noun
- leather from the skin of swine
- The skin of a pig.
- Leather made from the skin of a pig.
- A football.
Origin / Etymology
Compound of pig + skin.
The American football is a direct descendant of the ball used in the game of rugby. The rugby ball originally was made of a pig’s bladder with a leather cover; the earliest versions of the leather exterior sometimes were made of pigskin.
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 14
pigskin is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordpigskin is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
pigskin is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 17
pigskin is a valid Words With Friends word