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Meaning of buff jerkin | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A jacket made of buff leather, formerly worn beneath a soldier's armour.

historical

Examples

“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?”

“[…] 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.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

Buff Point buff wheel buff-bellied pipit buff-breasted sandpiper buff-tailed bumblebee buffa