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buff

  • noun
  • /bʌf/

Undyed leather from the skin of buffalo or similar animals.

Other meanings

  1. A tool, often one covered with buff leather, used for polishing.

  2. A brownish yellow colour.

A kind of

  • leather

Word history

From Middle French "buffle".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “buff” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.