buffle

noun, verb — 2 senses

buffle

noun

/ˈbʌfəl/

Etymology From Middle French buffle. Doublet of bubale and buffalo.

1

Obsolete A buffalo.

[the Malayan tongue word list] An Oxe or Buffle: Cambi1634, T[homas] H[erbert], A Relation of Some Yeares Trauaile, Begunne Anno 1626. into Afrique and the Greater Asia, […], London: […] William Stansby, and Jacob Bloome, →OCLC:

Derived terms: buffle duck, bufflehead, buffle-headed

buffle

verb

1

To puzzle; to baffle.

Related terms: baffle

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