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calfhides

calfhides is the plural of calfhide.

Meaning of calfhide

Noun

calfhide (plural calfhides)

  1. (countable) The hide of a calf.
    • Among them was a calfhide. He handled it with cotton leather-palmed gloves that had been buried with the rest of his plunder.1929, Arthur H. Carhart, Stanley P. Young, The Last Stand of the Pack
  2. (uncountable) Synonym of calfskin.
    • The door to the upper part, which is covered in calfhide with zinc flashing, is connected to a rack.1992, Mark Robbins, Angles of Incidence, page 36
    Synonyms:
    calfskin

Questions about calfhides

What is calfhides the plural of?
Calfhides is the plural of calfhide.

Words near calfhides in the dictionary

  1. calfdozers
  2. Calfee
  3. Calfees
  4. calfflesh
  5. calfhide
  6. calfhides
  7. calfhood
  8. calfish
  9. calflagin
  10. calflagins
  11. calfless

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