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Definition of Buff jerkin

Buff jerkin
Buff Buff, a. 1. Made of buff leather. --Goldsmith. 2. Of the color of buff. Buff coat, a close, military outer garment, with short sleeves, and laced tightly over the chest, made of buffalo skin, or other thick and elastic material, worn by soldiers in the 17th century as a defensive covering. Buff jerkin, originally, a leather waistcoat; afterward, one of cloth of a buff color. [Obs.] --Nares. Buff stick (Mech.), a strip of wood covered with buff leather, used in polishing.

Meaning of Buff jerkin from wikipedia

- garment worn by the British Army in the 20th century. A buff jerkin is an oiled oxhide jerkin, as worn by soldiers. The origin of the word is unknown...
- for the torso (breastplate and backplate). The buff coat was derived from the simple leather jerkins emplo**** by huntsmen and soldiers during the Tudor...
- Henri II of Lorraine, Duke de Guise, in the buff leather jerkin and gorget (neck armor) of a soldier. His jerkin is open from the mid-chest, and his breeches...
- wearing a doublet Martin Frobisher in a peascod-bellied doublet under a buff jerkin Charles I in a points-fastened doublet and breeches. 1629, by Daniel...
- doublets and jerkins, the Valois Tapestries, c. 1576. Sir Martin Frobisher in a peascod-bellied doublet with full sleeves under a buff jerkin with matching...
- Emanuel de Geer wearing a military sash over a buff jerkin and sporting a cravat with it in 1656, portrait by Bartholomeus van der Helst...
- Hickory Street in Texarkana, Arkansas, USA. It is a 2+1⁄2-story buff brick structure with a jerkin-headed gable roof and a large gable dormer, set on a raised...
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- as necktie or bowtie for neckwear, a waistcoat (typically black, grey, or buff), French cuffs dress shirt of optional collar type, and black dress shoes...
- CWU-series. Both synthetic and shearling jackets are worn and collected by army buffs today, but neither has the historical status of the A-2 jacket or the G-1...