Obs. Also 6 buffen, buffine. ‘A coarse cloth in use for the gowns of the middle classes in the time of Elizabeth’ (Fairholt); a garment made of that material. Also attrib.

1

1572.  Wills & Inv. N. C. (1860), 373. To my sonne Antonie … a pair of Buffins wth the slyuers to the same.

2

1590.  Lanc. Wills (1860), II. 23. Unto Ellen Perpoynte a gowne of buffen.

3

1597.  Wills & Inv. N. C. (1860), II. 281. Vj yds. of grene buffine 9/.

4

1598.  Florio, Gottonato, a kinde of cotton … or buffin sarge.

5

1617.  F. Moryson, Itin., I. 4. Myselfe beholding the Virgins statua … did think it had been covered with a gowne of white buffin.

6

1632.  Massinger, City Madam, IV. iv. My young ladies In buffin gowns and green aprons!

7