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