cowhide

cowhide
/kow"huyd'/, n., v., cowhided, cowhiding.
n.
1. the hide of a cow.
2. the leather made from it.
3. a strong, flexible whip made of rawhide or of braided leather.
4. cowhides, Informal. a pair of boots or shoes, esp. those made of cowhide.
v.t.
5. to whip with a cowhide.
[1630-40; COW1 + HIDE2]

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