A sort of leather, prepared from the skin of the buffalo, dressed with oil, like chamois; also, the skins of oxen, elks, and other animals, dressed in like manner.
Use in sentences of BUFF
Meaning of BUFF in English
A sort of leather, prepared from the skin of the buffalo, dressed with oil, like chamois; also, the skins of oxen, elks, and other animals, dressed in like manner.
The color of buff; a light yellow, shading toward pink, gray, or brown.
A military coat, made of buff leather.
The grayish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat. See Buffy coat, under Buffy, a.
A wheel covered with buff leather, and used in polishing cutlery, spoons, etc.
The bare skin; as, to strip to the buff.
Made of buff leather.
Of the color of buff.
To polish with a buff. See Buff, n., 5.
To strike.
A buffet; a blow; -- obsolete except in the phrase "Blindman's buff."