beaver

Definitions

• A semiaquatic rodent of the genus Castor, having a wide, flat tail and webbed feet.
• A hat, of various shapes, made from a felted beaver fur (or later of silk), fashionable in Europe between 1550 and 1850.
• (coarse) The pubic hair and/or vulva of a woman.
• The fur of the beaver.
• Beaver cloth, a heavy felted woollen cloth, used chiefly for making overcoats.
• A brown colour, like that of a beaver (also called beaver brown).
• (slang) A man who wears a beard.