DCHP-1 Online
buffalo robe † 
See robe (def. 1b) 1848 quote.
See also: buffalo apron buffalo blanket buffalo skin (def. 2a) robe (def. 1b)
- 1775 (1901) We were obliged to wrap ourselves continually in beaver blankets, or at least in ox-skins, which the traders call buffalo-robes.
- 1957 [Caption] Mrs. Lucy Nanertak of Chesterfield Inlet is repairing a 100-year old buffalo robe presented to a Hudson Bay Factor by Chief Sitting Bull.
- 1967 Lieutenant-Governor . . . Rowe stepped into the open landau outside the Royal York Hotel and pushed aside the heavy buffalo robe on the seat. . . .
- 1775 (1901) We were obliged to wrap ourselves continually in beaver blankets, or at least in ox-skins, which the traders call buffalo-robes.