buffalo robe

the prepared skin of an American bison, with the hair left on, used as a lap robe, rug, or blanket.

Origin of buffalo robe

An Americanism dating back to 1675–85

But most of the hunters had made their shelter with a buffalo-robe stretched upon four upright poles.

The Scalp Hunters |Mayne Reid
Why, they'll skin him, and it'll make the beautifullest kind of a buffalo-robe.

Winter Fun |William O. Stoddard
I took in a buffalo-robe and some things of that sort and left them there.

Track's End |Hayden Carruth
He and the driver wrapped the unconscious figure in a buffalo-robe and laid it in the sleigh.

Shapes that Haunt the Dusk |Various

Jim looked rather blankly at the supper on the hearth and the girl who seemed so much at home on the buffalo-robe.

Told In The Hills |Marah Ellis Ryan