English Etymology From Cape + skin, after Cape Town in South Africa. Noun capeskin (countable and uncountable, plural capeskins) A soft sheepskin leather especially used for gloves. 1943, United States Army, Quartermaster Corps - Q.M.C. Historical Studies:At this time the Director of the WAAC recommended (1) a regulation dress glove of leather similar to capeskin to match the shoes in color, (2) a dress glove […] Anagrams spacekin, spacenikRemove adsWikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.Remove ads