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† ˈbuffin Obs.
Also 6 buffen, buffine.
‘A coarse cloth in use for the gowns of the middle classes in the time of Elizabeth’ (Fairholt); a garment made of that material. Also attrib.
1572Wills & Inv. N.C. (1860) 373 To my sonne Antonie..a pair of Buffins wth the slyuers to the same. 1590Lanc. Wills (1860) II. 23 Unto Ellen Perpoynte a gowne of buffen. 1597Wills & Inv. N.C. (1860) II. 281, Vj yds. of grene buffine 9/. 1598Florio, Gottonato, a kinde of cotton..or buffin sarge. 1617F. Moryson Itin. i. 4 Myselfe beholding the Virgins statua..did think it had been covered with a gowne of white buffin. 1632Massinger City Mad. iv. iv, My young ladies In buffin gowns and green aprons! |