cowhide leather

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• cowhide — n. hide of a cow; leather made from cowhide; leather whip …   English contemporary dictionary

• Cowhide — is the natural, unbleached skin and hair of a cow. It retains the original coloring of the animal. Cowhides are a natural product/by product of the food industry from cattle. Cowhide can also be processed into a leather, which can be used to make …   Wikipedia

• cowhide — [kou′hīd΄] n. 1. the hide of a cow 2. leather made from it ☆ 3. a whip made of rawhide or braided leather vt. cowhided, cowhiding ☆ to flog with a cowhide …   English World dictionary

• Cowhide — Cow hide ( h?d ), n. 1. The hide of a cow. [1913 Webster] 2. Leather made of the hide of a cow. [1913 Webster] 3. A coarse whip made of untanned leather. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• leather — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. skin, hide; cowhide, calfskin, etc. See covering, materials. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. tanned hide, parchment, vellum, kangaroo hide, calfskin, horsehide, buckskin, deerskin, elk hide, goatskin,… …   English dictionary for students

• cowhide — /kow huyd /, n., v., cowhided, cowhiding. n. 1. the hide of a cow. 2. the leather made from it. 3. a strong, flexible whip made of rawhide or of braided leather. 4. cowhides, Informal. a pair of boots or shoes, esp. those made of cowhide. v.t. 5 …   Universalium

• leather — /ledh euhr/, n. 1. the skin of an animal, with the hair removed, prepared for use by tanning or a similar process designed to preserve it against decay and make it pliable or supple when dry. 2. an article made of this material. 3. See stirrup… …   Universalium

• cowhide — I. noun Date: 14th century 1. the hide of a cow; also leather made from this hide 2. a coarse whip of rawhide or braided leather II. transitive verb (cowhided; cowhiding) Date: 1794 to flog with a cowhide whip …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• cowhide — cow•hide [[t]ˈkaʊˌhaɪd[/t]] n. v. hid•ed, hid•ing 1) the hide of a cow 2) clo the leather made from it 3) a strong whip made of rawhide or of braided leather 4) to whip with a cowhide • Etymology: 1630–40 …   From formal English to slang

• cowhide — /ˈkaʊhaɪd/ (say kowhuyd) noun 1. the hide of a cow. 2. the leather made from it. 3. US a strong, flexible whip made of rawhide or of braided leather. –verb (t) (cowhided, cowhiding) 4. US to whip with a cowhide …  

• cowhide — n. 1 a a cow s hide. b leather made from this. 2 a leather whip made from cowhide …   Useful english dictionary