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08476 תַּחַשׁ‎ tachash [takh’-ash] probably of foreign derivation; n m; [BDB-1065a] [{See TWOT on 2503 }] AV-badger 14; 14

1) a kind of leather, skin, or animal hide

1a) perhaps the animal yielding the skin

1a1) perhaps the badger or dugong, dolphin, or sheep or a now extinct animal

• More likely this is a tough material made like beaded cloth that could provide a covering that would be flexible and weather proof.