Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The hide of a bull; loosely, any very heavy hide or skin.

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Examples

  • The first few stabs were uneventful, though it took several tries to get through the bull-hide.

    Sick Cycle Carousel 2010

  • She turned on the boss man after stepping daintily over his bull-hide tail.

    Silver Zombie Carole Nelson Douglas 2010

  • 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

  • The glittering javelin pierced the tough bull-hide;

    The Iliad of Homer 2003

  • The greave, and the dart, and the warrior's heart in its sevenfold casing of tough bull-hide.

    The Frogs 2000

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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