Cowhide
['kaʊhaɪd]
Definition
(noun.) a heavy flexible whip braided from leather made from the hide of a cow.
(noun.) the hide of a cow.
(noun.) leather made from the hide of a cow.
(verb.) flog with a cowhide.
Inputed by Carter--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The hide of a cow.
(n.) Leather made of the hide of a cow.
(n.) A coarse whip made of untanned leather.
(v. t.) To flog with a cowhide.
Inputed by Fidel
Examples
- Rats were hunted eagerly; cowhide was gnawed and sawdust devoured to stay the pangs of hunger. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I keep my cowhide about, and sometimes I do lay it on; but the exertion is always too much for me. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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