Dictionary

cowskin en · NOUN

Etymology

From cow + skin.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Leather made from the hide of a cow or similar animal.
2. (countable, uncountable) A whip made of that material.
   • Mr. Plummer was a miserable drunkard, a profane swearer, and a savage monster. He always went armed with a cowskin and a heavy cudgel. 1846 [1845], Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Boston: Anti-Slavery Office, page 5:

Forms