oxhide en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *uksḗn Proto-Germanic *uhsô Proto-West Germanic *ohsō Old English oxa Middle English oxe English ox English hide English oxhide From ox + hide.
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) The skin (hide) of an ox.
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(countable, uncountable) Leather made from the hide of an ox.
There are four flutes, a harp of twenty strings, a mournful shawm, and a number of drums of oxhide, some to be struck, others spanked.
1985, Anthony Burgess, The Kingdom of the Wicked:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| oxhides | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (7)
sv oxhud (hide) · ru воловья шкура (hide) · bg волска кожа (hide) · fi härännahka (leather) · fi häräntalja (hide) · nl ossenhuid (hide) · bg гьон (leather)