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thumb|275px|A nubuck shoe

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thumb|275px|A nubuck shoe

Nubuck (pronounced ) is top-grain leather that has been sanded or buffed on the grain side, or outside, to give a slight nap of short protein fibers, producing a velvet-like surface. It is resistant to wear, and may be white or coloured.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “nubuck” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.