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Webster 1913 Edition


Buckskin

Buck′skinˊ

,
Noun.
1.
The skin of a buck.
2.
A soft strong leather, usually yellowish or grayish in color, made of deerskin.
3.
A person clothed in buckskin, particularly an American soldier of the Revolutionary war.
Cornwallis fought as lang’s he dought,
An' did the
buckskins
claw, man.
Burns.
4.
pl.
Breeches made of buckskin.
I have alluded to his
buckskin
.
Thackeray.

Webster 1828 Edition


Buckskin

BUCK'SKIN

,
Noun.
The skin of a buck. As an adjective, made of leather prepared from the skin of a buck.

Definition 2024


buckskin

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.

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Adjective

buckskin (not comparable)

  1. Of a grayish yellow in colour.

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See also

  • Appendix:Colors