Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913 Cowhide /(-h?d`)/ · Cow·hide · IPA /ˈkaʊˌhaɪd/ n. v. t. 01 n. The hide of a cow. 1. The hide of a cow. 2. Leather made of the hide of a cow. 3. A coarse whip made of untanned leather. 02 v. t. To flog with a cowhide. imp. & p. p. Cowhided; p. pr. & vb. n. Cowhiding 1. To flog with a cowhide.