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noun
An untanned leather, often dyed green; originally made from horse skin, today mostly made from the skin of a shark or ray.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A rough or spiny surface of an insect's cuticle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences
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verb
To give a texture resembling shagreen leather.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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History
First use appears c. 1677, an Anglicized form of chagrin, from French chagrin, from Ottoman Turkish صاغری (modern Turkish sağrı). However, the etymology of French chagrin is complex and disputed, and likely of Germanic origin. Whether there was any influence between an existing French word of Germanic origin and a Turkish loan is unclear.
