buckskin

Definition

The skin of a male deer, a buck.

Etymology

From Middle English bukskyn; equivalent to buck + skin.

Example Sentences

• "As she spoke, we perceived two lines of figures, one male and the other female, to the number of about a hundred, each advancing round the human bonfire, arrayed only in the usual leopard and buck skins."
• "I have alluded to his buckskins."
• "Cornwallis fought as lang's he dought, / An' did the buckskins claw, man."