buckskin
noun
buck·skin
ˈbək-ˌskin 
often attributive
1
a
: the skin of a buck
b
: a soft pliable usually suede-finished leather
2
a
buckskins plural
: buckskin breeches
b
archaic
: a person dressed in buckskin
especially
: an early American backwoodsman
3
: a horse of a light yellowish-dun color with black mane and tail
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Around his neck was a medallion made of porcupine quill and buckskin.
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Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
Cowboys and frontiersmen adopted the embellishment from American Indian tribes, which cut tassels into suede buckskins or deer hides to keep warm and to camouflage them in the wild.
—Ari Stark, WWD, 3 July 2024
Advertisement Think of Jets and Sharks decked out in buckskins or Yankee blue, ambling down our grubby streets, swapping mad-dog stares or whistling a few bars of those taunting tunes — pushing, egging, daring someone to start something.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024
The $2,500 grant from the Missouri Humanities Commission is funding the Lee’s Summit History Museum’s purchase of a case to conserve and exhibit buckskin clothing and a musket owned by John Hardin Harris, an early pioneer in the area.
—Janice Phelan, Kansas City Star, 27 Mar. 2024
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Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
Cowboys and frontiersmen adopted the embellishment from American Indian tribes, which cut tassels into suede buckskins or deer hides to keep warm and to camouflage them in the wild.
—Ari Stark, WWD, 3 July 2024
Advertisement Think of Jets and Sharks decked out in buckskins or Yankee blue, ambling down our grubby streets, swapping mad-dog stares or whistling a few bars of those taunting tunes — pushing, egging, daring someone to start something.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024
The $2,500 grant from the Missouri Humanities Commission is funding the Lee’s Summit History Museum’s purchase of a case to conserve and exhibit buckskin clothing and a musket owned by John Hardin Harris, an early pioneer in the area.
—Janice Phelan, Kansas City Star, 27 Mar. 2024
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“Buckskin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buckskin. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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buckskin
noun
buck·skin
-ˌskin
1
a
: the skin of a buck
b
: a soft flexible leather
2
plural
: buckskin breeches
3
: a horse of a dull yellowish color with black mane and tail
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