buffcoat

BUFF (from Fr. _buffle_, a buffalo), a leather originally made from the skin of the buffalo, now also from the skins of other animals, of a dull pale yellow colour, used for making the buffcoat or jerkin, a leathern military coat.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various

Some wear the embroidered buffcoat over the coat of mail, others beneath it, -- neither having yet learned that the buffcoat alone is sabre-proof and bullet-proof also.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 20, June, 1859 Various

Buckholm (buk'hom), buffcoat (buf'kot), a military coat made of buff leather. buffet (buf'et), a blow. bulkhead (bulk'hed '), a wall to resist pressure of earth or water.

Elson Grammar School Literature v4 William H. Elson

Then I cast loose my buffcoat, each holster let fall,

Elson Grammar School Literature v4 William H. Elson

Then I cast loose my buffcoat, each holster let fall,

'How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix' [16-] 1909

Then I cast loose my buffcoat, each holster let fall,

Robert Browning: How to Know Him William Lyon Phelps 1904

I learn'd too, that Joan had come in for some rough talk -- to which she put a stop, as she told me, by offering to fight any man Jack of them for the buttons on his buffcoat.

The Splendid Spur Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

Then I cast loose my buffcoat, each holster let fall,

"How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix" 1895

Then I cast loose my buffcoat, each holster let fall,

Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning Robert Browning 1850