What's the difference between cowhide and kipskin?
Cowhide
Definition:
(n.) The hide of a cow.
(n.) Leather made of the hide of a cow.
(n.) A coarse whip made of untanned leather.
(v. t.) To flog with a cowhide.
Example Sentences:
(1) Cowhide and goatskin are used to make Mulberry goods, as well as ostrich leather and alligator skins.
(2) And lo, within days of the announcement, Beyoncé made the first and somewhat predictable stumble in her life as a vegan when she was photographed walking into one LA vegan restaurant wearing the biggest fur collar seen this side of the 1980s and then, soon after, entering another one, wearing – and there really is no other way to put this – an entire cow, from a cowhide top to leather trousers.
(3) We are using cowhide leather used at the shoes and bags factory in the city to make soup.
(4) Aluminum and steel screen, ordinary window glass, thin cardboard and thin cowhide did not manifest these qualities under the conditions of these experiments.
(5) The spa has taxidermy above the pool, antiques complement floral wallpapers, cowhides and antlers abound, and after several nights in villages without such options, I have to appreciate the vision of the hotel owners who have created such beautiful, contemporary places to stay in such remoteness.
(6) Its brand-new sister chalet, Chamois Lodge, sleeping nine, is available for £9,335 for the week starting 7 April, and has "witty, mountain chic decor" with cowhide rugs, sheepskins, antiques and art, and a hot tub.
(7) In Cuba strychnine sulfate inoculated into labeled eggs is used, whereas in Grenada sodium fluoroacetate (1080) has been used in boiled cowhide baits.
Kipskin
Definition:
(n.) Leather prepared from the skin of young or small cattle, intermediate in grade between calfskin and cowhide.