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calfhide en · NOUN

Etymology

From calf + hide.

Meanings

1. (countable) The hide of a calf.
   • An old calfhide was nailed to one wall and there was no glass to the windows for the frames and sash were long since burned for firewood. 1992, Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses, →ISBN, page 231:
   • Among them was a calfhide. He handled it with cotton leather-palmed gloves that had been buried with the rest of his plunder. 1929, Arthur H. Carhart, Stanley P. Young, The Last Stand of the Pack:
2. (uncountable) Synonym of calfskin.
   • The door to the upper part, which is covered in calfhide with zinc flashing, is connected to a rack. 1992, Mark Robbins, Angles of Incidence, page 36:

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Synonyms

calfskin