horsehide
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7.7
- noun
- /ˈhɔːrshaɪd/
:
cuero de caballo
- The artisan used high-quality horsehide to create a pair of boots that would last for years.
- horsehide leather
Examples
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I knew what he'd found: my half-dozen parfleches of tanned painted horsehide; inside, all the boxes and jars and bottles and packets.
Fiction book (2000) -
At last, they halted at a circle of bell-shaped tents of horsehide, lashed with leather thongs.
Fiction book (1995) -
I guess I'll keep the horsehide.
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As boys, we had an old horsehide ball my father, a missionary from Sioux Falls, had given us.
Fiction book (1998) -
I wear, as always, my burglar suit, and under it, two layers of wool underwear, and two layers of truck driver's mittens under horsehide, a Norwegian cap with a visor.
Academic text (2007) -
The baseball glove was made of durable horsehide that could withstand many seasons of use.
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She wore a stylish jacket crafted from soft horsehide leather, perfect for the chilly weather.
Synonyms
1
9.6
A smooth, very strong leather made from horse leather used for shoes and wallets
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word horsehide is made of the common words horse and hide, and hide means 'animal skin'. So horsehide literally means leather made from a horse's skin, which is why the word names very strong leather for boots, gloves, and baseballs.