horsehide

[ hawrs-hahyd ]

noun
  1. the hide of a horse.

  2. leather made from the hide of a horse.

  1. Slang. a baseball.

adjective
  1. made of horsehide.

Origin of horsehide

1
1375–1425; late Middle English. See horse, hide2

Words Nearby horsehide

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How to use horsehide in a sentence

  • I can ride anything—anything that ever was lapped in horsehide—swim like a musk-duck, and track like a Myall blackfellow.

    Robbery Under Arms | Thomas Alexander Browne, AKA Rolf Boldrewood

British Dictionary definitions for horsehide

horsehide

/ (ˈhɔːsˌhaɪd) /


noun
  1. the hide of a horse

  2. leather made from this hide

  1. (modifier) made of horsehide

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