Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The skin of a male deer.
- noun A soft, often grayish-yellow leather usually having a suede finish, once made from deerskins but now generally made from sheepskins.
- noun Clothing, especially breeches or shoes, made from buckskin.
- noun A person who wears buckskins, especially an American backwoodsman or soldier in the Revolutionary War.
- noun A horse of a grayish-yellow color.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The skin of a buck.
- noun A kind of soft leather of a yellowish or grayish color, made originally by treating deerskins in a peculiar way, but now usually prepared from sheepskins.
- noun plural Breeches made of buckskin.
- noun A person clothed in buckskin: a term applied to the American troops during the Revolutionary War.
- noun A horse of the color of buckskin.
- Of or pertaining to buckskin.
- Of the color of buckskin: used of a horse.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The skin of a buck.
- noun A soft strong leather, usually yellowish or grayish in color, made of deerskin.
- noun A person clothed in buckskin, particularly an American soldier of the Revolutionary war.
- noun Breeches made of buckskin.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The skin of a male
deer , abuck . - noun Clothing made from buckskin.
- noun A grayish yellow in colour.
- noun A soft strong leather, usually yellowish or grayish in color, made of deerskin.
- noun A person clothed in buckskin, particularly an American soldier of the Revolutionary war.
- noun
breeches made of buckskin. - adjective Of a grayish yellow in colour.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a soft yellowish suede leather originally from deerskin but now usually from sheepskin
- noun horse of a light yellowish dun color with dark mane and tail
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Examples
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I got waved down to an intertribal dance by some friendly old folks in buckskin, but I pretended they were waving at somebody else.
hughstimson.org » Blog Archive » Empty Seats at the Pow Wow 2008
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Radisson in buckskin jacket and moccasins, talking before the fire in St. James 'Palace of the Canadian wilderness, with Prince Rupert in lace and ruffles, and with sword on hip-the king of the coureurs de bois and the prince of cavaliers.
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Peter, however, reassured them somewhat, for, although he was not clad in buckskin and feathers, he wore exquisitely beaded moccasins, a scarlet sash about his waist, a small owl feather sticking in his hat band, and his ears were pierced, displaying huge earrings of hammered silver.
The Shagganappi 1913
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Most of them could speak a few words of English, but not so Little Wolf-Willow, who arrived from his prairie tepee dressed in buckskin and moccasins, a pretty string of white elks 'teeth about his throat, and his long, straight, black hair braided in two plaits, interwoven with bits of rabbit skin.
The Shagganappi 1913
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Many of the Indians were already crowding about the train, some with polished buffalo horns for sale, and all magnificently dressed in buckskin, decorated with fine, old-fashioned bead work, and the quills of the porcupine.
The Shagganappi 1913
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Down the gang-plank a strange figure sauntered, clad in buckskin breeches suspended by one strap over a flannel shirt open at the throat; high-topped boots confined the breeches at the knee; a battered hat was pushed back from a rubicand face, and about his waist a belt bristled with pistols and bowie knives.
Winona: A Tale of Negro Life in the South and Southwest Pauline Elizabeth 1902
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After come the lazadores, dressed in buckskin suits, elaborately trimmed with silver ornaments and broad, expensive sombreros.
Six Months in Mexico 1888
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Two big fellows, dressed in buckskin suits and wearing broad sombreros, who sat opposite, never removed their gaze from us.
Six Months in Mexico 1888
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Tell the truth, you guys just really wanted to pretend to be Native American’s and dress up in buckskin didn’t you …
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Patty was on the point of exclaiming that the buckskin was the very horse she would have to race, but instead she smiled: "But, if your horse started fresh from here, and even Vil Holland's horse had run clear from the mountains, this one could beat him to town, couldn't he?"
The Gold Girl 1921
madmouth commented on the word buckskin
buckskin buskins are an Artemisian acolyte's must-have.
April 16, 2009