zebra-skinhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zebra-skin_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezebra skin, n.
Revised 2018

zebra skinnoun

  1. 1774–
    The skin or pelt of a zebra; (also) a striped design or motif resembling this; frequently attributive.
    1. 1774
      Zebra wood..is of a most lovely tint, and richly veined; but not in lifts like the pigeon wood: the latter much better corresponds with the zebra skin in the disposition of its stripes.
      E. Long, History of Jamaica vol. III. 838
    2. 1886
      I had no shoes but those of my own manufacture, made of zebra skin.
      Proceedings of Royal Geographical Society vol. 8 76
    3. 1927
      For the motorist a la mode who likes black and white, one furrier is showing a genuine zebra skin coat.
      Amarillo (Texas) Daily News 31 August 7/1
    4. 1973
      Walls, floor, and ceiling were all done in a zebra-skin motif. Everything..was covered in zebra skin.
      G. Beare, Snake on Grave xiii. 68
    5. 2013
      Today the drums have changed—they are no longer made of zebra skin.
      J. Bankston, We visit Rwanda v. 33

Originally published as part of the entry for zebra, n.

zebra, n. was revised in June 2018.