as in to leather
to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible
was cowhiding the horse until a police officer intervened
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Recent Examples of cowhide
Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 23 June 2023
Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
Pony fur in animal prints such as leopard and cowhide took center stage on Bella boots with wide shafts.
—Stephen Garner, WWD, 3 Mar. 2025
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Verb
These sneakers feature white pebble leather, faux pony hair, and cowhide detachable straps.
—Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 23 June 2023
Noun
The only thing that could concentrate our eyes and minds, in this reverse panopticon of seventy thousand gazes, was the football itself, that precious prolate spheroid of dimpled cowhide, which had yet to be teed up or booted into play.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
Pony fur in animal prints such as leopard and cowhide took center stage on Bella boots with wide shafts.
—Stephen Garner, WWD, 3 Mar. 2025
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Verb
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Underneath her coat, Witherspoon wore an ankle-length black skirt and leather round-toe boots.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
28 Jan. 2025
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Compare with the Met’s full-size cast, from 1985, and these miniatures cleave the collective anguish into distinct emotions — one figure seems mid-dance, one bored, another ecstatic — in a range of patinas, from dark chocolate to leather.—
Walker Mimms,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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It was crafted with premium leather craftsmanship, rawhide laces, and stays true to its heritage with premium leather craftsmanship, rawhide laces, and Sperry’s signature Razor-Cut Wave-Siping™ outsole.—
Mecca Pryor,
Essence,
14 Mar. 2025
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Memorable improvisations include an Apache deck from the 19th century, with sword, bell and button forms painted into rectangles of rawhide, and a deck of Paris metro tickets painted over by Alexis Poliakoff in the 1970s.—
Walker Mimms,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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These low-top sneakers are crafted from full-grain calfskin leather, with soft cotton lining and a plush insole to ensure all-day comfort.—
Alesandra Dubin,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Apr. 2025
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Strap options include a dark blue alligator strap, a black calfskin strap, a blue Saffiano calfskin strap or a seven-row platinum bracelet.—
Carol Besler,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The boy hides aloft in the Sycamore Gap tree's branches.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
9 May 2025
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Their highlight reels hide the daily grind that actually creates results.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2025
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Made from woven plastic rattan, this basket is both stylish, sturdy, and easy to clean.—
Anne Taylor,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Apr. 2025
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The chairs combine an aluminum frame with gorgeous, crisscrossing rattan.—
Nora Taylor,
Architectural Digest,
28 Mar. 2025
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Ugg Classic Ultra Mini Alpine Fashion Boot $170 $75 at Amazon The Ugg Classic Ultra Mini Alpine Boots have several cozy features, including a wool sock liner, foam footbed, and sheepskin collar for warmth during cold temperatures.—
Chaunie Brusie, RN,
Parents,
13 Feb. 2025
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The endlessly versatile boots have pre-treated suede and feature UGG's signature sheepskin composition.—
Jennifer Hussein,
Allure,
13 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Instead, as Gauff belied her recent struggles on her forehand side by whipping the ball up and down into the court and out of her opponent’s easy reach time and again, Świątek looked adrift.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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After the animal snapped and whipped its tail, Dragich wrangled the gator onto the shoulder of the highway.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
1 May 2025
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An international team of scientists from Australia's Southern Cross University (SCU) and the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) have for the first time recorded the specific ways birch trees in the Costa Bocche forest in the Dolomites use bioelectrical signals to prepare for solar eclipses.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
29 Apr. 2025
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Newly hatched warty birch caterpillars, each about the size of a single pepper grain, live and feed alone on the very tips of leaves.—
Rohini Subrahmanyam,
Scientific American,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Cowhide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cowhide. Accessed 15 May. 2025.
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