buckskin

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   soft, strong leather traditionally made from deerskin and now also from sheepskin

   The pouch was sewn from buckskin and tied with a narrow leather cord.

2. 2
   noun

   a yellowish-tan horse with a dark mane, tail, and lower legs

   She rode a calm buckskin with a black mane.

From Middle English bukskyn, a compound of buck + skin. The leather sense came first; the horse-color sense arose because the pale tan coat resembles dressed buckskin.

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