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calfhide

noun

Etymology

From calf + hide.

  1. derived from *(s)kewH-✻
  2. derived from *(s)kewH-✻ — “to cover, wrap, encase”
  3. inherited from *huzdijaną✻
  4. inherited from *huʀdijan✻ — “to conceal”
  5. inherited from hȳdan
  6. inherited from hiden
  7. compounded as calfhide — “calf + hide”

Definitions

  1. The hide of a calf.

    • Among them was a calfhide. He handled it with cotton leather-palmed gloves that had been buried with the rest of his plunder.
    • An old calfhide was nailed to one wall and there was no glass to the windows for the frames and sash were long since burned for firewood.

  2. Synonym of calfskin.

    • The door to the upper part, which is covered in calfhide with zinc flashing, is connected to a rack.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA