buckskin

English

buckskins

Noun

buckskin (countable and uncountable; plural buckskins)

1. The skin of a male deer, a buck.
2. Clothing made from buckskin.
3. A grayish yellow in colour.

   buckskin colour:

4. A soft strong leather, usually yellowish or grayish in color, made of deerskin.
5. A person clothed in buckskin, particularly an American soldier of the Revolutionary war.
   • Burns

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

6. breeches made of buckskin.
   • Thackeray

     I have alluded to his buckskin.

Translations

• Bulgarian: еленова кожа f
• Russian: оленья шкура (olén’ja škúra) f
• Spanish: ante m, piel de ante f
• Taos: łúna

Adjective

buckskin (not comparable)

1. Of a grayish yellow in colour.

See also

• Appendix:Colors