buffs — plate armor for the lower part of the face and the throat, used with a burgonet.
activities — the state or quality of being active: There was not much activity in the stock market today. He doesn't have enough physical activity in his life.
hounds — Nautical. either of a pair of fore-and-aft members at the lower end of the head of a mast, for supporting the trestletrees, that support an upper mast at its heel. Compare cheek (def 12).