buckskin

noun

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Recent Examples of buckskin 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 For the full experience, go in July to see men dressed in buckskin traveling on dugout canoes at the annual Lewis and Clark Festival in Great Falls, Montana, about three hours from Beaverhead Rock State Park. — Sarah Rose, Travel + Leisure, 15 Mar. 2023 On a chilly Saturday afternoon, North Texans strutted across the courtyard of AT&T Discovery District dressed in flowing ribbon skirts, round-rim sunglasses, denim and buckskin. — Dallas News, 23 Nov. 2022 Snow drifts hard-packed on one side, sunk to the waist on the other, at least provided plenty of body heat under my buckskin leggings and my beaver-lined anorak parka. — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Nov. 2021 See All Example Sentences for buckskin
Recent Examples of Synonyms for buckskin
  1. deerskin
  2. chestnut
  3. roan
  4. sheepskin
  5. black
  6. calfskin
  7. palomino
  8. goatskin
Noun
  • Lopez’s ban does not outlaw leather, cowhide or deerskin products.
    — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Shearling was also rendered in a hooded bomber jacket design and as a detail on the collar of deerskin leather flight jackets.
    — Sandra Salibian, WWD, 21 Jan. 2025
Definition of deerskin
Noun
  • Seasonal ingredients are frequently added, too, including chestnuts or persimmons in the fall, sumo citrus in winter, and cherry blossoms come spring.
    — Caroline Newton, Bon Appétit, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Crafted with care, this unique formula harnesses the power of organic chestnut sourced from pesticide-free farms in Korea's Buyeo province, where tradition meets innovation.
    — Sarah Han, Allure, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of chestnut
Noun
  • The trackers plugged in data on a herd of roan antelope, then a single male cheetah.
    — ByDimitri Selibas, science.org, 13 June 2024
  • Only eight gray or roan horses have ever won the first leg of the Triple Crown.
    — Alexis Cubit, The Courier-Journal, 2 May 2023
Definition of roan
Noun
  • The inside of the shoe is lined with plush sheepskin and fleece that molds to my feet for the perfect fit.
    — Megan Schaltegger, Travel + Leisure, 26 Feb. 2025
  • On the hotel’s outdoor après-ski patio, guests can lounge in Perfect Moment chairs and houndstooth patterned outdoor sling chairs, layered with sheepskin.
    — Lisa Lockwood, WWD, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of sheepskin
Noun
  • Flaunt this fun, floral style, or opt for their best-selling classic black.
    — Meg Donohue, Town & Country, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Take your pick from black to mocha to crisp, winter white.
    — Taylor Jean Stephan, Peoplemag, 31 Jan. 2023
Definition of black
Noun
  • As for bags, the Script logo shopper was made in an even lighter, more relaxed shopping bag in an allover calfskin leather, suede or pony skin, while the Flap Bag reinterpreted a classic camera bag in smooth calfskin leather.
    — Stephen Garner, WWD, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Crafted from calfskin with a monogram print, the Speedy P9 Bandoulière 30 bag is ideal for life’s happenings.
    — Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 28 Feb. 2025
Definition of calfskin
Noun
  • Ed the golden palomino (voiced by Western film actor Allan Lane) belonged to Wilbur Post (Alan Young), a young architect who decides to moves out of the city and closer to nature.
    — Marc Berman, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
  • One of the key myths about sherry is that the palomino, its primary grape, is neutral and required fortification, intricate blending in the cellar and exposure to air, as with oloroso sherries, or aging under flor, a yeast that gives personality to fino and manzanilla sherries.
    — Eric Asimov, New York Times, 3 July 2023
Definition of palomino
Noun
  • Its glossy goatskin leather fabrication adds to the sumptuousness of it all.
    — Alexis Bennett Parker, Vogue, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Creole chickens weave between our legs, a chunky pig snuffles across the dirt floor, and a dusty ginger cat snoozes on a goatskin chair.
    — Lydia Bell, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of goatskin

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