Buffalo-robe
the prepared skin of an American bison, with the hair left on, used as a lap robe, rug, or blanket.
Historical Examples
Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made James D. McCabe, Jr.
Track’s End Hayden Carruth
Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 71, No. 436, February 1852 Various
Track’s End Hayden Carruth
Shapes that Haunt the Dusk Various
Travels in the Interior of North America, 1832-1834, Part III (the Text Being Chapters XXVIII-XXXIII of the London Edition, 1843, and the Appendix a Combination of the Appendices of the London and German [Coblentz, 1839] Editions) Maximilian, Prinz von Wied
The Boy Hunters Captain Mayne Reid
Ranson’s Folly Richard Harding Davis
Across America James F. Rusling
Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi David Ives Bushnell
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- Buffaloed
any of several large wild oxen of the family Bovidae. Compare bison, Cape buffalo, water buffalo. buffalo robe. a buffalofish. a shuffling tap-dance step. to puzzle or baffle; confuse; mystify: He was buffaloed by the problem. to impress or intimidate by a display of power, importance, etc.: The older boys buffaloed him. Historical Examples Mystery […]
- Buffaloing
any of several large wild oxen of the family Bovidae. Compare bison, Cape buffalo, water buffalo. buffalo robe. a buffalofish. a shuffling tap-dance step. to puzzle or baffle; confuse; mystify: He was buffaloed by the problem. to impress or intimidate by a display of power, importance, etc.: The older boys buffaloed him. Historical Examples The […]