buffin
See also: Buffin
English
Etymology 1
Named for its resemblance to buff leather.
Noun
buffin (countable and uncountable, plural buffins)
- (obsolete) A sort of coarse material, of unknown manufacture.
- buffin gowns
- 1968 [1540], John Nevinson, transl., Raffella of Master Alexander Piccolomini: Or Rather, A Dialogue of the Fair Perfectioning of Ladies, page 35, translation of La Raffaella, ovvero, Dialogo della bella creanza delle donne by Alessandro Piccolomini:
- I will tell thee, albeit that I know thou wilt not understand me. One takes the finest true silver and quicksilver passed through buffin cloth, and when blended together they are ground for a day in the same direction with a little fine sugar.
- 2013 September 27, Drea Leed, “William Wray, Haberdasher”, in Lizapalooza: Historic Costume Research, Recreation, and Ruminations[1], archived from the original on 21 July 2014:
- The fabrics he bought–buffin, sackcloth, rash, jean fustian and milan fustian, durance–were modestly priced, affordable by the merchants and well-to-do yeomen of the town.
References
- “buffin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Etymology 2
Noun
buffin (plural buffins)
- (US) A snack food resembling a biscuit and a muffin.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:buffin.