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buckskin \ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from buck (I) + skin 1. a. : the skin of a buck b. : a soft pliable usually suede-finished leather made from deer or elk skins and used chiefly for gloves and shoe uppers c. : any leather resembling buckskin (as certain goat and sheepskin leathers) — not used technically in the leather trade 2. a. buckskins plural : a garment of buckskin; especially : buckskin breeches b. archaic : a person dressed in buckskin garments; often : a backwoodsman or countrified person of the earlier periods of American settlement 3. chiefly West & Southwest : a horse of a light yellowish dun color and usually with a dark stripe down the back and dark mane and tail 4. a. : a heavy thick cotton fabric with a smooth face, napped back, and satin weave used for outerwear b. : a durable woolen cloth for outerwear made in satin weave and napped and sheared for a smooth face 5. a. : a leathery scurfy condition of the skin of grapefruit and sometimes of sweet oranges caused by attacks of the citrus rust mite b. : a virus disease of cherry, peach, and other stone fruit characterized by small pointed fruits that remain green and underdeveloped and shrivel prior to ripening, the affected cherry trees having also a lusterless leathery-skinned pale fruit 6. : a log with bark removed or lost |