cowhide

English

Etymology

cow +‎ hide

Noun

cowhide (countable and uncountable, plural cowhides)

  1. (countable) A hide of a cow.
  2. (uncountable) Any quantity of hides of cows.
  3. (uncountable) Leather made from the hide of cows.
  4. A coarse whip made of untanned leather.

Coordinate terms

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To flog with a cowhide.
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