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🐂 Ox leather 🪙 Metal ingot
oxhide

oxhide

9.9
A Bronze Age metal block shaped like an ox skin with four corner points
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : lingote de forma de piel de buey
  • Each oxhide weighed about 30 kilograms and was shaped for easy transport.

Examples

  • The museum displayed a large oxhide that was once used in Bronze Age trade.

  • Archaeologists discovered an ancient oxhide at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea.

  • The archaeologists discovered an oxhide in the ancient ruins.

  • Many oxhides were found at the Bronze Age site.

  • Archaeologists discovered an ancient oxhide at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea.

  • The museum displayed a large oxhide that was once used in Bronze Age trade.

  • Each oxhide weighed about 30 kilograms and was shaped for easy transport.

Surface Forms

oxhide singular
oxhides plural

Morphology

oxhide = ox + hide (semi-transparent) = ox + hide

The compound is literal in origin (the ingot resembles an ox hide), but the archaeological/technical sense is a specialized metaphor not predictable from everyday use.

Etymology

Oxhide was also the name for Bronze Age metal ingots that were shaped like a stretched ox hide with four corner projections, so the name helps you remember they look flat and skin-like for easy transport.