goldbeater's skin: Meaning and Definition of

gold'beat•er's skin"

Pronunciation: (gōld'bē"turz), [key]
  1. the prepared outside membrane of the large intestine of the ox, used by goldbeaters to lay between the leaves of the metal while they beat it into gold leaf.
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