buckskin

[buhk-skin] Origin

buck·skin

[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.
3.
buckskins, breeches or shoes made of buckskin.
4.
a stiff, firm, starched cotton cloth with a smooth surface and napped back.
5.
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.
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6.
a person, especially a backwoodsman, dressed in buckskin.
7.
a horse the color of buckskin.
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adjective
8.
made of buckskin: buckskin gloves.
9.
having the color of buckskin; yellowish or grayish.

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Buckskin is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English; see buck1, skin
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buckskin (ˈbʌkˌskɪn)
 
n
1.  the skin of a male deer
2.  a.  a strong greyish-yellow suede leather, originally made from deerskin but now usually made from sheepskin
 b.  (as modifier): buckskin boots
3.  (US) (sometimes capital) a person wearing buckskin clothes, esp an American soldier of the Civil War
4.  a stiffly starched cotton cloth
5.  a strong satin-woven woollen fabric
 
adj
6.  greyish-yellow

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buckskin
c.1300, "skin of a buck," from buck (n.) + skin. Meaning "leather made from buckskin" was in use by 1804. The word was a nickname for Continental troops in the American Revolution.
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