BUFF (from Fr. bu.ffie, a buffalo)

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BUFF (from Fr. bu.ffie, a buffalo) , a

leather

LEATHER (a word which appears in all Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Leder, Dutch
leer
- LEER
or leder, Swed. leder, and in such Celtic forms as Welsh llader)
LEATHER, ARTIFICIAL

originally made from the skin of the

buffalo

BUFFALO

, now also from the skins of other animals, of a dull

pale

PALE (through Fr. pal, from Lat. palms, a stake, for paglus, from the
stem
- STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")
pag- of pangere, to fix; "
pole
" is from the same original source)

yellow colour, used for making the buff-coat or

jerkin

JERKIN

, a leathern military coat. The old 3rd Foot

regiment

REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

of the line in the British army (now the

East

EAST
EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

Kent

Regiment

REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

), and the old 78th Foot (now 2nd battalion Seaforth Highlanders), are called the" Buffs "and the" Ross-shire Buffs " respectively, from the yellow or buff-colour of their facings. The

term

TERM

is commonly used now of the colour alone.

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