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COWSKIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cowskin mean?
• COWSKIN (noun)
The noun COWSKIN has 1 sense:
1. leather made from the hide of a cow
Familiarity information: COWSKIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Leather made from the hide of a cow
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
cowhide; cowskin
Hypernyms ("cowskin" is a kind of...):
leather (an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning)
Holonyms ("cowskin" is a substance of...):
cowhide (a heavy flexible whip braided from leather made from the hide of a cow)
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