Definition of: buckskin

(buk′skin′) noun
1. The skin of a buck: also buck skin.
2. A soft, strong, grayish-yellow leather, formerly made from deerskins, now chiefly from sheepskins.
3. plural Breeches or a suit made of such skin.
4. A person clad in such skin; especially, one of the American soldiers in the Revolution.
5. A horse of a buckskin color.
6. A cream-colored woolen cloth of close weave: also buckskin cloth.