Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The hide of a bull; loosely, any very heavy hide or skin.
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Examples
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The first few stabs were uneventful, though it took several tries to get through the bull-hide.
Sick Cycle Carousel 2010
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She turned on the boss man after stepping daintily over his bull-hide tail.
Silver Zombie Carole Nelson Douglas 2010
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They travel from their own country in the south-east, and advance through the jungle, and when about to approach the herds, stoop down, covering their bodies with their shields of bull-hide.
How I Found Livingstone Henry Morton 2004
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The glittering javelin pierced the tough bull-hide;
The Iliad of Homer 2003
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The greave, and the dart, and the warrior's heart in its sevenfold casing of tough bull-hide.
The Frogs 2000
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Holding their spears and bull-hide bucklers casually, here in the midst of people loyal to Rand, they kept a watch on anything that moved near him.
A Crown of Swords Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1996
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She whirled to confront him, spear ready in one hand, round bull-hide buckler in the other.
A Crown of Swords Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1996
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The one-eyed man and several others raised their bull-hide bucklers toward her and rattled spears against them.
Lord of Chaos Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1994
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Then the smile left Sepiriz and his eyes narrowed: He lashed at his twin horses with a bull-hide whip, so that blood laced the flanks of the great black steeds and they galloped even faster down the steep mountain.
Storm Bringer Moorcock, Michael 1963
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Then the smile left Sepiriz and his eyes narrowed: He lashed at his twin horses with a bull-hide whip, so that blood laced the flanks of the great black steeds and they galloped even faster down the steep mountain.
Stormbringer Moorcock, Michael, 1939- 1963
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