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buff jerkin

buff jerkin noun: a jacket made of buff leather, formerly worn beneath a soldier's armour.

Noun

buff jerkin (plural buff jerkins)

  1. (historical) A jacket made of buff leather, formerly worn beneath a soldier's armour.
    • Fal. Thou ſay'ſt true Lad: is not my Hoſteſſe of the Tauerne a moſt ſweet Wench? / Prin. As is the hony, my old Lad of the Caſtle: and is not a Buffe Ierkin a moſt ſweet robe of durance?c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
    • […] ſome of them attempted with Spears to ſtick me in the Sides; but, by good luck, I had on me a Buff Jerkin, which they could not pierce.1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Author Gives Some Account of Himself and Family, His First Inducements to Travel. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s...

Forms of buff jerkin

pluralbuff jerkins

Questions about buff jerkin

What does buff jerkin mean?
Buff jerkin means a jacket made of buff leather, formerly worn beneath a soldier's armour.
What part of speech is buff jerkin?
Buff jerkin is a noun.
What is the plural of buff jerkin?
The plural of buff jerkin is buff jerkins.

Words near buff jerkin in the dictionary

  1. bufezolac
  2. buff
  3. buff coat
  4. buff coats
  5. buff down
  6. buff jerkin
  7. buff jerkins
  8. buff nor stye
  9. buff out
  10. Buff Point
  11. buff the muffin

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