adj
Meaning 1
Of a grayish yellow in colour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Standard Lemma guide
buckskin
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/ˈbʌkˌskɪn/
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CMU ARPABET: B AH1 K S K IH2 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The skin of a male deer, a buck.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
Clothing made from buckskin.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
Breeches made of buckskin.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
A grayish yellow in colour.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 6
A soft strong leather, usually yellowish or grayish in color, made of deerskin.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 7
A person clothed in buckskin, particularly an American soldier of the Revolutionary war.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 8
A horse with a light yellowish-brown coat and black mane and tail.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 9
horse of a light yellowish dun color with dark mane and tail
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: saddle horse, riding horse, mount
noun
Meaning 10
a soft yellowish suede leather originally from deerskin but now usually from sheepskin
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: leather
History
Etymology
From Middle English bukskyn; equivalent to buck + skin.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Western Apache: ibann — the skin of a male deer, a buck
- German: Hirschleder — the skin of a male deer, a buck
- Irish: craiceann fia — the skin of a male deer, a buck
- Macedonian: еленска кожа (elenska koža) — the skin of a male deer, a buck
- Mongolian: бугын арьс (bugyn arʹs) — the skin of a male deer, a buck
- Navajo: abaní — the skin of a male deer, a buck
- Russian: оле́нья шку́ра (olénʹja škúra) — the skin of a male deer, a buck
- Navajo: abaní — a soft strong leather, usually yellowish or grayish in color, made of deerskin