An untanned leather, often dyed green; originally made from horse skin, today mostly made from the skin of a shark or ray. / (entomology) A rough or spiny surface of an insect's cuticle.

(transitive) To give a texture resembling shagreen leather.

plural of shagreen

Covered in shagreen. / Having a rough surface similar to that of shagreen.

present participle of shagreen

Having a rough, granular surface, characteristic of shagreen