Buffin

Quick meaning: Buffin is a noun meaning (obsolete) A sort of coarse material, of unknown manufacture.

Meaning

(obsolete) A sort of coarse material, of unknown manufacture.

Example Sentences

buffin gowns

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.

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.

Word Forms

• buffins

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