Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The hide of a cow.
- noun The leather made from this hide.
- noun A strong heavy flexible whip, usually made of braided leather.
- transitive verb To beat with a strong heavy flexible whip.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The skin of a cow prepared for tanning, or the thick coarse leather made from it.
- noun In the United States, a stout flexible whip made of braided leather or of rawhide.
- Made of the leather called cowhide: as, heavy cowhide boots.
- To beat or whip with a cowhide.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To flog with a cowhide.
- noun The hide of a cow.
- noun Leather made of the hide of a cow.
- noun A coarse whip made of untanned leather.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun countable A hide of a cow.
- noun uncountable Any quantity of hides of cows.
- noun uncountable Leather made from the hide of cows.
- verb transitive To
flog with a cowhide.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun leather made from the hide of a cow
- noun a heavy flexible whip braided from leather made from the hide of a cow
- noun the hide of a cow
- verb flog with a cowhide
Etymologies
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Examples
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All are made from luxurious top grain cowhide leather.
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This was invariably his custom, when the subject was recalled to his mind -- 'Yes!' he exclaimed, 'the cowhide was my breakfast, and dinner, and supper,' meaning that he had been exposed to the lash
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His appearance would indicate the sailor and the horse-jockey; he wore a tarpauling and blue jacket, high-top boots with spurs, and leather trousers; he flourished a riding stick, commonly known as a cowhide, and had large gold rings dangling in his ears.
Margaret 1851
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"The cowhide is the best specific for keeping the black rascals in order," exclaimed Mr Tony Grubbins, an attorney from a neighbouring estate, who looked as if he not unfrequently used that same weapon of offence.
The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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Even then, there were different grades of leather such as cowhide versus horsehide.
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The furnishings and style is unashamedly 70's-man black, chrome and mirrors, and the 'cowhide' seats are an interesting touch ...
Archive 2008-05-01 Dungeekin 2008
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The furnishings and style is unashamedly 70's-man black, chrome and mirrors, and the 'cowhide' seats are an interesting touch ...
Review - Gaucho, 25 April 2008 Dungeekin 2008
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The overseer always went around with a whip, about nine feet long, made of the toughest kind of cowhide, the but-end of which was loaded with lead, and was about four or five inches in circumference, running to a point at the opposite extremity.
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Once in that position his clothing was torn from his body, his arms and legs pinioned, and his bare back flogged with a "cowhide" until the blood ran from it, and the gashes made in his flesh by the cruel strokes presented a ghastly spectacle as they gaped open.
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He goes so far as to threaten to come to Staunton and "cowhide" David in the middle of Main Street.
Augusta County: E. J. Evans to David H. Evans, August, 1868 E. J. Evans 1868
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