cowhide Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun leather made from the hide of a cow
    cowskin.
  2. noun the hide of a cow
  3. noun a heavy flexible whip braided from leather made from the hide of a cow
  4. verb flog with a cowhide

WordNet

Cow"hide` noun
Definitions
  1. The hide of a cow.
  2. Leather made of the hide of a cow.
  3. A coarse whip made of untanned leather.
Cow"hide` transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Cowhided; present participle & verbal noun Cowhiding
Definitions
  1. To flog with a cowhide.

Webster 1913