Definition of "water-buck" [water-buck]

• A water-antelope, especially a kob, as Kobus ellipsiprymnus, which abounds in some African lowlands, as in Nyassa-land. Another water-buck is Cervicapra redunca. See kob, and cuts under singsing and nagor. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "But two of our young men, having gone off at sunrise, shot a fine water-buck, and down came the provision market to the lower figure; they even became eager to sell, but our men were angry with them for trying compulsion, and would not buy."
• "And now this life that she had built again was coming to a term because he had not used iodine two weeks ago when a thorn had scratched his knee as they moved forward trying to photograph a herd of water-buck standing, their heads up, peering while their nostrils searched the air, their ears spread wide to hear the first noise that would send them rushing into the bush."
• "Would I want thee smelling of the jungle again, as thou didst after chasing the water-buck through the bamboos?"