buckskin
English
Etymology
From Middle English bukskyn; equivalent to buck + skin.
Noun
buckskin (countable and uncountable, plural buckskins)
- The skin of a male deer, a buck.
- Clothing made from buckskin.
- A grayish yellow in colour.
- buckskin:
- A soft strong leather, usually yellowish or grayish in color, made of deerskin.
- A person clothed in buckskin, particularly an American soldier of the Revolutionary war.
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- Cornwallis fought as lang's he dought, / An' did the buckskins claw, man.
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- breeches made of buckskin.
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- I have alluded to his buckskin.
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Hyponyms
Translations
the skin of a male deer, a buck
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clothing made from buckskin
a grayish yellow in colour
a soft strong leather, usually yellowish or grayish in color, made of deerskin
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a person clothed in buckskin, particularly an American soldier of the Revolutionary war
breeches made of buckskin
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Adjective
buckskin (not comparable)
- Of a grayish yellow in colour.
Translations
of a grayish yellow in colour
See also
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