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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.
6. a person, esp. a backwoodsman, dressed in buckskin.
7. a horse the color of buckskin.
–adjective
8. made of buckskin: buckskin gloves.
9. having the color of buckskin; yellowish or grayish.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME; see buck 1 , skin
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buck·skin   (bŭk'skĭn')   
n.  
    1. The skin of a male deer.

    2. A soft, grayish-yellow leather usually having a suede finish, once made from deerskins but now generally made from sheepskins.

  1. buckskins Clothing, especially breeches or shoes, made from buckskin.

  2. A person who wears buckskins, especially an American backwoodsman or soldier in the Revolutionary War.

  3. A horse of a grayish-yellow color.

buck'skin' adj.
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