horsehide

horsehide
/hawrs"huyd'/, n.
1. the hide of a horse.
2. leather made from the hide of a horse.
3. Slang. a baseball.
adj.
4. made of horsehide.
[1375-1425; late ME. See HORSE, HIDE2]

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