Cowhide

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cowhide \Cow"hide`\ (-h?d`), n.
     1. The hide of a cow.
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     2. Leather made of the hide of a cow.
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     3. A coarse whip made of untanned leather.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cowhide \Cow"hide`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cowhided}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Cowhiding}.]
     To flog with a cowhide.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cowhide
       n 1: leather made from the hide of a cow [syn: {cowskin}]
       2: the hide of a cow
       3: a heavy flexible whip made of braided cowhide
       v : flog with a cowhide

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "cowhide":
     belt, blacksnake, bullwhack, bullwhip, cat, crop, flagellum,
     horsewhip, knout, kurbash, lash, quirt, rawhide, razor strap,
     scourge, sjambok, strap, thong, whip, whiplash