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buckskin

noun
/ˈbʌkˌskɪn/

Etymology

From Middle English bukskyn; equivalent to buck + skin.

  1. inherited from bukskyn

Definitions

  1. The skin of a male deer, a buck.

  2. Clothing made from buckskin.

    • As she spoke, we perceived two lines of figures, one male and the other female, to the number of about a hundred, each advancing round the human bonfire, arrayed only in the usual leopard and buck skins.

  3. Breeches made of buckskin.

    • I have alluded to his buckskins.
  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. A grayish yellow in colour.

    2. A soft strong leather, usually yellowish or grayish in color, made of deerskin.

    3. A person clothed in buckskin, particularly an American soldier of the Revolutionary war.

      • Cornwallis fought as lang's he dought, / An' did the buckskins claw, man.

    4. A horse with a light yellowish-brown coat.

    5. Of a grayish yellow in colour.

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Derived

buckskinned

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA