calfhide

plural calfhides

1. countableThe hide of a calf.

   Among them was a calfhide. He handled it with cotton leather-palmed gloves that had been buried with the rest of his plunder.

   1929, Arthur H. Carhart, Stanley P. Young, The Last Stand of the Pack

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   An old calfhide was nailed to one wall and there was no glass to the windows for the frames and sash were long since burned for firewood.

   1992, Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses, →ISBN, page 231

2. uncountableSynonym of calfskin.

   The door to the upper part, which is covered in calfhide with zinc flashing, is connected to a rack.

   1992, Mark Robbins, Angles of Incidence, page 36

   Synonyms: calfskin