buffcoat
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of buffcoat
First recorded in 1625–35
Example Sentences
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Some wear the embroidered buffcoat over the coat of mail, others beneath it,—neither having yet learned that the buffcoat alone is sabre-proof and bullet-proof also.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 20, June, 1859 by Various
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