See also: beaver coat
- 1789  (1801)  To these may be added a few dishes . . . and old beaver robes, with a small robe made from the skin of the lynx.
- 1826  (1950)  . . . from them we traded a Beaver Robe containing 2 skins. . . .
2 the pelt of an emasculated buffalo, valued for its huge size and glossy, silklike coat.
- 1890  Such an animal, with its colossal frame, its vast front, and spreading horns was a striking object in a great herd, and, when killed in season, was greatly prized for its immense size and glossy silklike coat yielded what was known as the "beaver robe."