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Vinony

buckskin

noun

  1. type of leather made from deer skin
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈbʌkˌskɪn/

adj

Etymology: From Middle English bukskyn; equivalent to buck + skin.

  1. Of a grayish yellow in colour.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English bukskyn; equivalent to buck + skin.

  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. A grayish yellow in colour.
  5. A soft strong leather, usually yellowish or grayish in color, made of deerskin.
  6. 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.”

  7. A horse with a light yellowish-brown coat and black mane and tail.