buckskin
buckskin is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A soft strong leather, usually yellowish or grayish in color, made of deerskin.
- 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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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- What is a soft strong leather, usually yellowish or grayish in color, made of deerskin called?
- What is 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 called?
- What is pl. Breeches made of buckskin. I have alluded to his buckskin. Thackeray called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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- Steward: Jason Burns