cowskin

noun — 2 senses

noun

Etymology From cow + skin.

Leather made from the hide of a cow or similar animal.

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:

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