| Pronunciation: | | 'buk`skin
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| Matching Terms: | | buckskins
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- [n] horse of a light yellowish dun color with dark mane and tail
- [n] a soft yellowish suede leather originally from deerskin but now usually from sheepskin
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| | See Also: | | leather, mount, riding horse, saddle horse |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Buck"skin`\, 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. pl. Breeches made of buckskin.
I have alluded to his buckskin. --Thackeray.
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