What does "buckskin" mean?
Buckskin: A soft strong leather, usually yellowish or grayish in color, made of deerskin.
Additional senses
- 2.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.
- 3.pl. Breeches made of buckskin. I have alluded to his buckskin. Thackeray.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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