What is "cowhides"

Usage examples of "cowhides".

Irreplaceable treasure indeed: two hammers, three chisels, his awl and his axe, a shovel blade, a spokeshave, a plane, a kettle, a longhandled metal spoon, firetongs, the cowhides that had been stretched across the bed-frames, a furl of cloth that still showed rusty bloodstains… “We couldn’t carry it all,” Orta had explained.

We can make a covered way with green cowhides on top and some sandbags.

She sewed sails for me from cowhides and provisioned the raft with food and water.

People have crossed the Atlantic and Pacific in everything from boats made out of cowhides to six-foot sailboats.

A cold wind flapped the cowhides hanging over the windows and swirled round the stone room.

When cowhides are in short supply, we sell them at a reasonable price to the guilds.