Pronunciation: /ˈbʌkskɪn/
noun
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1the skin of a male deer: she knelt on a buckskin
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[mass noun] greyish leather with a suede finish, traditionally made from buckskin but now often made from sheepskin: [as modifier]: a pair of buckskin moccasins
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(buckskins) clothes or shoes made from buckskin leather: the Great Plainsman wore fringed buckskins
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[mass noun] thick, smooth cotton or woollen fabric: [as modifier]: buckskin cloth
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2North American a horse of a greyish-yellow colour: [as modifier]: the buckskin mare stumbled
