cowskin

American  

[kou-skin] / ˈkaʊˌskɪn /

noun

1. the skin of a cow.

2. the leather made from it.

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cowskin British  

/ ˈkaʊˌskɪn /

noun

1. another word for cowhide

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Etymology

Origin of cowskin

An Americanism dating back to 1730–40; cow ¹ + skin

Example Sentences

Gaucho-inspired touches like cowskin rugs and old-fashioned wooden wardrobes are complemented by a small pool and chic public spaces.

From New York Times

Angus, a bull character, is happy to sip coffee and recline on a cowskin rug, with no apparent inner turmoil about the fact that it was flayed from the body of a fellow cow.

From The Verge

Buffing is practically only the grain of cowskin from which almost all the flesh has been split.

From Project Gutenberg

But when she had bitten a hole through the cowskin, she saw that they were other people; then she fled, falling here and there, yet made her escape.

From Project Gutenberg

"The poor wretch says he knew himself by his bottle nose and his cowskin waistcoat; and, to be sure, there is no such nose in the parish—thank Heaven for't!—and not many such waistcoats."

From Project Gutenberg