calfhide

English

Etymology

From calf +‎ hide.

Noun

calfhide (plural calfhides)

1. (countable) The hide of a calf.
   • 1929, Arthur H. Carhart, Stanley P. Young, The Last Stand of the Pack:

     Among them was a calfhide. He handled it with cotton leather-palmed gloves that had been buried with the rest of his plunder.

   • 1992, Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses, →ISBN, page 231:

     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.

2. (uncountable) Synonym of calfskin
   • 1992, Mark Robbins, Angles of Incidence, page 36:

     The door to the upper part, which is covered in calfhide with zinc flashing, is connected to a rack.