cowhiding (Meaning)
cowhiding
the hide of a cow or leather made from it, a whip of rawhide or braided leather, a coarse whip of rawhide or braided leather, leather made from this hide, to whip with a cowhide, the hide of a cow, to flog with a cowhide whip
Synonyms & Antonyms of cowhiding
Synonyms:
- working over
- swatting
- cudgelling
- pummelling
- cudgeling
- hammering
- walloping
- bopping
- beating
- buffeting
- fustigating
- pistol-whipping
- paddling
- pommelling
- caning
- pelting
- mangling
- pasting
- belting
- busting
- clouting
- boxing
- clapping
- slugging
- pummeling
- battering
- quirting
- roughing
- knouting
- clubbing
- lathering
- thwacking
- touching up
- bashing
- cuffing
- blackjacking
- clobbering
- cracking
- pommeling
- thumping
- slating
- lamming
- socking
- smiting
cowhiding Sentence Examples
- The unruly student received a severe cowhiding from the stern schoolmaster.
- The mercenary was promised a handsome sum for administering a cowhiding to the offending debtor.
- The saloon owner threatened to give the rowdy customer a cowhiding if he didn't leave peacefully.
- In the Old West, cowhiding was a common form of punishment for cattle thieves.
- The angry farmer caught the trespasser red-handed and gave him a cowhiding with his leather belt.
- The jealous husband suspected his wife of infidelity and subjected her to a savage cowhiding.
- The cruel plantation overseer enjoyed cowhiding the enslaved workers as a means of intimidation.
- The pirate captain ordered his men to administer a cowhiding to the captured prisoners.
- The elderly gentleman recalled the cowhiding he received as a boy for disobeying his father.
- The newspaper article condemned the cowhiding of peaceful protesters as a barbaric act.
FAQs About the word cowhiding
the hide of a cow or leather made from it, a whip of rawhide or braided leather, a coarse whip of rawhide or braided leather, leather made from this hide, to wh
hiding, switching, flicking, whipping, slashing, rawhiding, whaling, smacking, pounding, mauling
No antonyms found.
The unruly student received a severe cowhiding from the stern schoolmaster.
The mercenary was promised a handsome sum for administering a cowhiding to the offending debtor.
The saloon owner threatened to give the rowdy customer a cowhiding if he didn't leave peacefully.
In the Old West, cowhiding was a common form of punishment for cattle thieves.
