buckskin

(bukskin′)

noun

  1. the skin of a buck
  2. a soft, usually napped, yellowish-gray leather made from the skins of deer or sheep
  3. ☆ a yellowish-gray horse
  4. clothes or shoes made of buckskin
  5. ☆ an American backwoodsman of earlier times

adjective

made of buckskin

See buckskin in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  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

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