buffin
English
Etymology
Named for its resemblance to buff leather.
Noun
buffin (countable and uncountable, plural buffins)
- (obsolete) A sort of coarse material.
- buffin gowns
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for buffin in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)