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Buckskin
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. The skin of a buck.
2. A soft strong leather, usually yellowish or grayish in color, made of deerskin.
3. 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.
4. Breeches made of buckskin. I have alluded to his buckskin. Thackeray.