n. leather made from the hide of a cow or similar animal
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n. leather from the skin of a cow.
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n. leather made from the hide of a cow
Word Usage
"For the information of my readers, I must observe that a cowskin is a large whip, made like a riding whip, out of the hide of the hippopotamus, or sea-cow, and is proverbial for the severity of punishment it is capable of inflicting."