buckskin

[ buhk-skin ]

noun

1. the skin of a buck or deer.
2. a strong, soft, yellowish or grayish leather, originally prepared from deerskins, now usually from sheepskins.
3. buckskins, breeches or shoes made of buckskin.
4. a stiff, firm, starched cotton cloth with a smooth surface and napped back.
5. a sturdy wool fabric constructed in satin weave, napped and cropped short to provide a smooth finish, and used in the manufacture of outer garments.
6. a person, especially a backwoodsman, dressed in buckskin.
7. a horse the color of buckskin.

adjective

1. made of buckskin:

   buckskin gloves.

2. having the color of buckskin; yellowish or grayish.

buckskin

/ ˈbʌkˌskɪn /

noun

1. the skin of a male deer
2. 1. a strong greyish-yellow suede leather, originally made from deerskin but now usually made from sheepskin
   2. ( as modifier )

      buckskin boots

3. sometimes capital a person wearing buckskin clothes, esp an American soldier of the Civil War
4. a stiffly starched cotton cloth
5. a strong satin-woven woollen fabric

adjective

1. greyish-yellow

Word History and Origins

Origin of buckskin¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; buck ¹, skin

Example Sentences

I remember saying to my agent, “If I’m ever going to have a sex scene, my bottom line is that it can’t be in buckskin or on a bed of furs.”

From Los Angeles Times

What sent the deer population plummeting in the 18th and 19th centuries was the demand for buckskin, a source of clothing and other products.

From Los Angeles Times

“We wore J. Press sports jackets, button-down shirts, ties with regimental stripes and white buckskin shoes.”

From New York Times

He says an old trapper there taught him the Indigenous method of making buckskin leather by soaking hides in animal brains and tanning them using wood smoke.

From Seattle Times

One day, he was paid a visit by a man his parents called Chief Sunrise, who arrived at the front door wearing an eagle-feathered headdress and the white buckskin regalia of Plains Indians.

From Seattle Times