buckskin (bukskin)

and a. skin; = Icel. bukkaskinn = Dan. bukkeskind.] I. n. 1. The skin of a buck. - 2. A kind of soft leather of a yellowish or grayish color, made originally by treating deerskins in a peculiar way, but now usually prepared from sheepskins. In its preparation a great deal of manipulation is required, the softne which is its chief characteristic being pro duced by the use of either oil or brains in dre ing it. It was formerly used for clothing, as by American Indians, frontiersmen, and soldiers, but is now used principally for thick gloves. 3. pl. Breeches made of buckskin. A very stout, puffy man in buckskins and He ian boots. Thackeray. 4. A person clothed in buckskin: a term applied to the American troops during the Revolutionary War.-5. A horse of the color of buckskin. [Western U. S.] II. a. 1. Of or pertaining to buckskin.-2. Of the color of buckskin: used of a horse. [Western U. S.] buck some