COWHIDE

cowhide

(noun) a heavy flexible whip braided from leather made from the hide of a cow

cowhide

(noun) the hide of a cow

cowhide, cowskin

(noun) leather made from the hide of a cow

cowhide

(verb) flog with a cowhide

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

cowhide (countable and uncountable, plural cowhides)

(countable) A hide of a cow.

(uncountable) Any quantity of hides of cows.

(uncountable) Leather made from the hide of cows.

A coarse whip made of untanned leather.

Coordinate terms

• horsehide

• sheepskin

• kidskin

Verb

cowhide (third-person singular simple present cowhides, present participle cowhiding, simple past and past participle cowhided)

(transitive) To flog with a cowhide.

Source: Wiktionary


Cow"hide` (-hd`), n.

1. The hide of a cow.

2. Leather made of the hide of a cow.

3. A coarse whip made of untanned leather.

Cow"hide`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cowhided; p. pr. & vb. n. Cowhiding.]

Definition: To flog with a cowhide.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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