Buff coat

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a close, military outer garment, with short sleeves, and laced tightly over the chest, made of buffalo skin, or other thick and elastic material, worn by soldiers in the 17th century as a defensive covering.

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Many wore the gorges and buff coat of the times of Henry IV.

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