oxhide

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noun

The skin (hide) of an ox.

OriginEnglish hide ← Middle English hyde ← Old English hȳd →
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Meanings

nounoxhide (countable and uncountable, plural oxhides)

plural oxhides

  1. countableuncountableThe skin (hide) of an ox.
  2. countableuncountableLeather made from the hide of an ox.

    There are four flutes, a harp of twenty strings, a mournful shawm, and a number of drums of oxhide, some to be struck, others spanked.

    1985, Anthony Burgess, The Kingdom of the Wicked

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*uksḗn
  2. Proto-Germanic*uhsô
  3. Proto-West Germanic*ohsō
  4. Old Englishoxa
  5. Middle Englishoxe
  6. Englishox
  7. Proto-Germanic*hūdiz
  8. Proto-West Germanic*hūdi
  9. Old Englishhȳd
  10. Middle Englishhyde
  11. Englishhide
  12. Englishoxhide

From ox + hide.

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Translations

Bulgarian гьон, волска кожа
  • гьон (gjon)leather
  • волска кожа (volska koža)hide
Dutch ossenhuid
  • ossenhuidhide
Finnish härännahka, häräntalja
  • härännahkaleather
  • häräntaljahide
Russian воловья шкура
  • воловья шкура (volovʹja škura)hide
Swedish oxhud
  • oxhudhide
Cite this entry
APA

oxhide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oxhide

MLA

“oxhide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oxhide. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oxhide,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oxhide.

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