What's the difference between cowhide and moleskin?

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.

Moleskin


Definition:

  • (n.) Any fabric having a thick soft shag, like the fur of a mole; esp., a kind of strong twilled fustian.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) You need a little moleskine, to write rude ideas... Mel No, I’ve just started recycling them.
  • (2) The method of choice, microfoam tape, moleskin, or Velcro, depends on the patient's ability to manage the material.
  • (3) They have the same faces and a lot of moleskin fur – not exactly first class, in other words, but still chic – with arrogant legs and a great waft of perfume about them.” Keun was too much for the Nazis; she fled to Ostend where she took Joseph Roth for her lover.
  • (4) Malcolm Fraser, an early adopter of this look, did it best: moleskin pants, chambray shirt with sleeves rolled to the elbows, brown leather belt and RM Williams boots.
  • (5) The gait patterns were recorded on white paper by a method which involved the application of moleskin and ink to the soles of the subjects' shoes.
  • (6) Just how much stripped pine, Moleskine journals and Boden skirts can the average Chinese peasant afford?

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