buckskin
a strong, soft, yellowish or grayish leather, originally prepared from deerskins, now usually from sheepskins.
buckskins, breeches or shoes made of buckskin.
a stiff, firm, starched cotton cloth with a smooth surface and napped back.
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.
a person, especially a backwoodsman, dressed in buckskin.
a horse the color of buckskin.
made of buckskin: buckskin gloves.
having the color of buckskin; yellowish or grayish.
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How to use buckskin in a sentence
Bedded in the soft earth underneath lay the slim buckskin sacks.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairThe gold that had drawn us into the game was there in the same long, buckskin sacks, a load for one horse.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairHe wore moccasins and buckskin leggings, and a dingy-blue flannel shirt, open at the throat.
Motor Matt's "Century" Run | Stanley R. MatthewsFather had hitched Teddy, the buckskin horse, to the big sleigh and was going for the Doctor.
Seven O'Clock Stories | Robert Gordon AndersonYes, 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
/ (ˈbʌkˌskɪn) /
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a strong greyish-yellow suede leather, originally made from deerskin but now usually made from sheepskin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
US (sometimes capital) a person wearing buckskin clothes, esp an American soldier of the Civil War
a stiffly starched cotton cloth
a strong satin-woven woollen fabric
greyish-yellow
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