Etymology

buckskin

buck·skin
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Today it means: The skin of a male deer, a buck. Full definition →

Middle English bukskyn
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  1. Middle English · inherited frombukskyn
  2. English todaybuckskin

From Middle English bukskyn; equivalent to buck + skin.

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