Definition of "cowhide"

cowhide

noun
countable and uncountable, plural cowhides
1. (countable) A hide of a cow.
2. (uncountable) Any quantity of hides of cows.
3. (uncountable) Leather made from the hide of cows.
4. A coarse whip made of untanned leather.
  Quotations
  “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
verb
third-person singular simple present cowhides, present participle cowhiding, simple past and past participle cowhided
1. (transitive) To flog with a cowhide.