obs. form of BEARSKIN.
c. 1350. Will. Palerne, 1735. In þat oþer bere-skyn be-wrapped william þanne.
c. 1386. Chaucer, Knt.’s T. (Lansd. MS.), 1284. He hadde a berskinne cole-blake for olde [Corpus berskynne, other MSS. beres skyn].
