Crossword-Solution: EELSKIN 7 letters, 11 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 11

His square, saffron face was just the same, his little jet eyes snapped as brightly as ever, his hair--which was swept high above his forehead and tied in an eelskin behind--was as black as when I had seen it at Kaskaskia.

Trust to us, and we will carry you through safely, or lose our scalps.” Cap wore a tight solid queue, done up in eelskin, while the top of his head was nearly bald; and he mechanically passed his hand over both as if to make certain that each was in its right place.

Beneath the shawl, her dresses were built, year in, year out, on the same plan: cut in one piece, buttoning right down the front, they fitted her like an eelskin, rigidly outlining her majestic proportions, and always short enough to show a pair of surprisingly small, well-shod feet.

Tough rags, or leather thongs fastened to a handle about a foot in length, will make an effective lash, but the best whips are made from pliant leather thongs, or still better, from a dried eelskin.

The sons, in short square skirted coats, with rows of stupendous brass buttons, and their hair generally queued in the fashion of the times, especially if they could procure an eelskin for the purpose, it being esteemed throughout the country as a potent nourisher and strengthener of the hair.