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Buckskin

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of a grayish yellow in colour. not-comparable
Noun
  1. 1
    The skin of a male deer, a buck. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    horse of a light yellowish dun color with dark mane and tail wordnet
  3. 3
    Clothing made from buckskin. countable, uncountable

    "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."

  4. 4
    a soft yellowish suede leather originally from deerskin but now usually from sheepskin wordnet
  5. 5
    Breeches made of buckskin. countable, uncountable

    "I have alluded to his buckskins."

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  1. 6
    A grayish yellow in colour. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A soft strong leather, usually yellowish or grayish in color, made of deerskin. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    A person clothed in buckskin, particularly an American soldier of the Revolutionary war. countable, uncountable

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

  4. 9
    A horse with a light yellowish-brown coat. countable, uncountable

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English bukskyn; equivalent to buck + skin.

Etymology 2

From Middle English bukskyn; equivalent to buck + skin.

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