cowhide

plural cowhides

1. countableA hide of a cow.
2. uncountableAny quantity of hides of cows.
3. uncountableLeather made from the hide of cows.
4. countableuncountableA coarse whip made of untanned leather.

   “Luke did his work,” I said. “How could your father sell him?” “He worked all right. And the hands would work hard for him—mostly without the cowhide. But sometimes he didn't show much sense.”

   1979, Octavia Butler, Kindred

present singular third person cowhides · participle present cowhiding · participle past cowhided · past cowhided

1. transitiveTo flog with a cowhide.