- horsehide
- noun Date: 14th century 1. the dressed or raw hide of a horse 2. the ball used in the game of baseball
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Horsehide — Horse hide , n. 1. The hide of a horse. [1913 Webster] 2. Leather made of the hide of a horse. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
horsehide — early 14c., from HORSE (Cf. horse) (n.) + HIDE (Cf. hide) (n.) … Etymology dictionary
horsehide — [hôrs′hīd΄] n. 1. the hide of a horse 2. leather made from this ☆ 3. Informal a baseball … English World dictionary
horsehide — /hawrs huyd /, n. 1. the hide of a horse. 2. leather made from the hide of a horse. 3. Slang. a baseball. adj. 4. made of horsehide. [1375 1425; late ME. See HORSE, HIDE2] * * * … Universalium
horsehide — 1. adjective describing something as composed of horse leather 2. noun an 1800s baseball term meaning the ball … Wiktionary
horsehide — n. skin of a horse; leather made from the hide of a horse … English contemporary dictionary
horsehide — horse•hide [[t]ˈhɔrsˌhaɪd[/t]] n. 1) the hide of a horse 2) leather made from the hide of a horse 3) spo Informal. a baseball • Etymology: 1375–1425 … From formal English to slang
horsehide — /ˈhɔshaɪd/ (say hawshuyd) noun 1. the hide of a horse. 2. leather made from the hide of a horse …
horsehide — noun leather from the hide of a horse • Hypernyms: ↑leather … Useful english dictionary
List of baseball jargon (H) — hack:To swing awkwardly at the ball. As his son stood in the batter s box and hacked away, Wolpert came up with the idea of opening his own batting cage in Manhattan. [ [http://money.cnn.com/2001/07/30/sbstarting/q baseball/. Getting Started:… … Wikipedia
