cowhide
noun/ˈkaʊˌhaɪd/US
Etymology
From cow + hide.
- derived from *(s)kewH-✻
- inherited from *huzdijaną✻
- inherited from hȳdan
- inherited from hiden
Definitions
A hide of a cow.
Any quantity of hides of cows.
Leather made from the hide of cows.
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A coarse whip made of untanned leather.
- “Luke did his work,” I said. “How could your father sell him?” “He worked all right. And the hands would work hard for him—mostly without the cowhide. But sometimes he didn't show much sense.”
To flog with a cowhide.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for cowhide. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA