[ noun ] leather from the skin of swine <noun.substance>
Pigskin \Pig"skin`\ (p[i^]g"sk[i^]n`), n. 1. The skin of a pig, -- used chiefly for making saddles; hence, a colloquial or slang term for a saddle.
2. A football; -- so called because the covering is often made of pigskin. [Colloq.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Commercially, it isn't just fashion houses like Onward and Renown that are wrapping themselves in pigskin.
Starting quarterback Yuri Boldin, who hurled the javelin for years before he touched a pigskin, said the Bears hoped only to show they understand the game.