noun
- a bag made from animal skin used for holding and storing wine
Usage: historical
Examples
- The ancient Greeks carried wine in leather wineskins.
- He pulled out an old wineskin and offered us some wine.
- The traveler’s wineskin was made from goat hide.
- Medieval merchants transported wine in large wineskins.
- The wineskin had been passed down through generations.
- She studied how wineskins were crafted in biblical times.