A coarse woolen fabric, historically used in various textile and clothing applications.
Possibly from 'buff' (a dull yellow or tan color) or perhaps related to 'bauffin,' a historical French fabric. The exact etymology is uncertain but likely connected to European textile production.
Buffin was the kind of common fabric that ordinary people wore, not the fine silks or linens of nobility—it appears in historical clothing records but is rarely made today because modern fabrics replaced it!
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