buckskin

[ buhk-skin ]

noun
  1. the skin of a buck or deer.

  2. a strong, soft, yellowish or grayish leather, originally prepared from deerskins, now usually from sheepskins.

  1. buckskins, breeches or shoes made of buckskin.

  2. a stiff, firm, starched cotton cloth with a smooth surface and napped back.

  3. a sturdy wool fabric constructed in satin weave, napped and cropped short to provide a smooth finish, and used in the manufacture of outer garments.

  4. a person, especially a backwoodsman, dressed in buckskin.

  5. a horse the color of buckskin.

adjective
  1. made of buckskin: buckskin gloves.

  2. having the color of buckskin; yellowish or grayish.

Origin of buckskin

1
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at buck1, skin

Words Nearby buckskin

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How to use buckskin in a sentence

  • Father had hitched Teddy, the buckskin horse, to the big sleigh and was going for the Doctor.

    Seven O'Clock Stories | Robert Gordon Anderson
  • Yes, the sleigh had grown as large as his father's sleigh; the reindeer as big as Teddy, the buckskin horse.

    Seven O'Clock Stories | Robert Gordon Anderson

British Dictionary definitions for buckskin

buckskin

/ (ˈbʌkˌskɪn) /


noun
  1. the skin of a male deer

    • a strong greyish-yellow suede leather, originally made from deerskin but now usually made from sheepskin

    • (as modifier): buckskin boots

  1. US (sometimes capital) a person wearing buckskin clothes, esp an American soldier of the Civil War

  2. a stiffly starched cotton cloth

  3. a strong satin-woven woollen fabric

adjective
  1. greyish-yellow

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