[ UK /kˈa‍ʊha‍ɪd/ ]
VERB
  1. flog with a cowhide
NOUN
  1. leather made from the hide of a cow
  2. the hide of a cow
  3. a heavy flexible whip braided from leather made from the hide of a cow
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How To Use cowhide In A Sentence

  • The holster itself is two layers of cowhide with a thumb break.
  • He met Mr. Thorn on the street, held a pistol on him and cowhided him. From Slavery to Wealth The Life of Scott Bond The Rewards of Honesty, Industry, Economy and Perseverance.
  • 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
  • Other accessories I use are carabiners, several loops of tubular webbing, cowhide gloves, an etrier (a webbing ladder). ReadABlog.com New Blogs and RSS Feeds
  • Other styles to look out for are cowhide, pearl embroidery and mother of pearl effect.
  • 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. Twenty-Two Years a Slave, and Forty Years a Freeman Embracing a Correspondence of Several Years, While President of Wilberforce Colony, London, Canada West
  • First they found a cowhide, corn kernels, shell casings - white-man stuff.
  • The boy's ‘village’ was made up of cowhide tents with different designs painted on.
  • The decor - offset by luxurious red leather and cowhide sofas - is a form of therapy in itself.
  • 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
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