DCHP-3

buffalo-leather tent

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a tent made of buffalo leather, especially the teepee of the Plains Indians.

See: teepee

Quotations

1897
In addition to the buildings already mentioned, we also put up for the sick our large buffalo leather tent.
1953
The hungry-looking children, the gaunt dogs prowling around the camp, the old buffalo-leather tents--all spoke of poor hunting and short food supplies.