Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of buff.
  • Made of buffin: as, “buffin gowns,”
  • noun A coarse cloth in use in the time of Elizabeth and James I.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete A sort of coarse stuff.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun obsolete A sort of coarse material.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

Named for its resemblance to buff leather.

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  • Any chance of a buflun?

    July 27, 2021