buckskin

Buck"skin`, n. 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. Defn: Breeches made of buckskin. I have alluded to his buckskin. Thackeray.

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