different between moleskin vs cowhide

English

Etymology

mole +? skin

Noun

moleskin (countable and uncountable, plural moleskins)

1. The fur of a mole.
2. A cotton twill fabric with a heavy velvety nap.
3. (by extension, in the plural) Clothing made of this fabric.
4. A padded adhesive bandage used to prevent or treat blisters.

Hyponyms

• skin

Descendants

• ? French: moleskine
• ? Catalan: molesquí
• ? German: Moleskin
• ? Japanese: ?????? (m?resukin)
• ? Spanish: moleskine

Translations

Verb

moleskin (third-person singular simple present moleskins, present participle moleskinning, simple past and past participle moleskinned)

1. To cover with a moleskin bandage.

Further reading

• moleskin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

cow +? hide

Noun

cowhide (countable and uncountable, plural cowhides)

1. (countable) A hide of a cow.
2. (uncountable) Any quantity of hides of cows.
3. (uncountable) Leather made from the hide of cows.
4. A coarse whip made of untanned leather.
   • 1979, Octavia Butler, Kindred:

     “Luke did his work,” I said. “How could your father sell him?”
     “He worked all right. And the hands would work hard for him—mostly without the cowhide. But sometimes he didn't show much sense.”

Coordinate terms

• horsehide
• sheepskin
• kidskin

Translations

Verb

cowhide (third-person singular simple present cowhides, present participle cowhiding, simple past and past participle cowhided)

1. (transitive) To flog with a cowhide.