cowskin


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cowskin

(ˈkaʊˌskɪn)
n
(Tanning) another word for cowhide
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
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Noun1.cowskin - leather made from the hide of a cow
cowhide - a heavy flexible whip braided from leather made from the hide of a cow
leather - an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning
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He always went armed with a cowskin and a heavy cudgel.
He then said to her, "Now, you d d b h, I'll learn you how to disobey my orders!" and after rolling up his sleeves, he com- menced to lay on the heavy cowskin, and soon the warm, red blood (amid heart-rending shrieks from her, and horrid oaths from him) came dripping to the floor.
"Nay," quoth Little John testily, at the same time rising carefully, as though his bones had been made of glass, "I can help myself, good fellow, without thy aid; and let me tell thee, had it not been for that vile cowskin cap of thine, it would have been ill for thee this day."
The cowskin used for bowcase-quiver sets is usually not finished to the consistency of buckskin.
Commissioner David Dennis, who said he worries about flooding from the Cowskin Creek in his western Sedgwick County district, said the fee would affect most homeowners by a few pennies.
For the most part, they arrive from local abattoirs, but the journey from crude cowskin to sophisticated hide is an astonishing one that has brought Bridge of Weir award upon award and the right to claim their product is low carbon.
My uncle made me a little drum (stretched cowskin over a metal ring) with a triangle.
Toy Stories two and three went by but he's pretty sure, when four comes out, that she'll mosey into town wearing her cowskin waistcoat, say: Yee-Haw Woody as if she's never been gone.
Barker and Stonehouse has a wide range of cowhide and cowskin rugs, from pure white cowskin to the more exotic zebra print in aged beige but the black and white cowhide rug should suit most interiors.
There is a wide range of cowhide and cowskin rugs, from pure white cowskin to the more exotic zebra print in aged beige but the black and white cowhide rug should suit most interiors.