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

The jailer gets his legal fees, the finder gets his reward, the master gets his slave, and the slave most generally receives some "moderate correction" from the cowskin or the paddle.

From Project Gutenberg

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