buckskin

(bŭkˈskĭnˌ)

1. a. The skin of a male deer.
   b. A soft, grayish-yellow leather usually having a suede finish, once made from deerskins but now generally made from sheepskins.
2. buckskins Clothing, especially breeches or shoes, made from buckskin.
3. A person who wears buckskins, especially an American backwoodsman or soldier in the Revolutionary War.
4. A horse of a grayish-yellow color.

Related Forms:

• buckˈskinˌ adjective