BUCKSKIN


Meaning of BUCKSKIN in English

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

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.