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Shagreen

//ʃəˈɡɹiːn// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An untanned leather, often dyed green; originally made from horse skin, today mostly made from the skin of a shark or ray. countable, uncountable

    "The following day the treasures of the mysterious tower came pouring in: pictures, statues, gems, shells, china, stuffed beasts and birds, tables, vases, petrifactions, arms, mandarins, &c. &c.; and among them the shagreen skin, with the injunction, "Sell it for any thing—nothing—give it away; only, get rid of it.""

  2. 2
    A rough or spiny surface of an insect's cuticle. countable, uncountable

    "If the shagreen dots be carefully observed they will be found to possess an annular arrangement."

Verb
  1. 1
    To give a texture resembling shagreen leather. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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.

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