buffcoat

[buhf-koht]

noun

1. buff.

Word History and Origins

Origin of buffcoat¹

First recorded in 1625–35

Example Sentences

"I don't watch it. But whatever it was, it was on at 7. Buffcoat. And they put it on now at 10:30."

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"What is it? Buffcoat and Beaver or Beaver and something else?"

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Then I cast loose my buffcoat, each holster let fall, Shook off both my jack-boots, let go belt and all, Stood up in the stirrup, leaned, patted his ear, Called my Roland his pet-name, my horse without peer; Clapped my hands, laughed and sang, any noise, bad or good, Till at length into Aix Roland galloped and stood.

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Then I cast loose my buffcoat, each holster let fall, Shook off both my jack-boots, let go belt and all,50 Stood up in the stirrup, leaned, patted his ear, Called my Roland his pet-name, my horse without peer; Clapped my hands, laughed and sang, any noise, bad or good, Till at length into Aix Roland galloped and stood.

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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.

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