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Moleskin vs Cowhide - What's the difference?

moleskin | cowhide |

As nouns the difference between moleskin and cowhide

is that moleskin is the fur of a mole while cowhide is (countable) a hide of a cow.

As verbs the difference between moleskin and cowhide

is that moleskin is to cover with a moleskin bandage while cowhide is to flog with a cowhide.

moleskin

English

Noun

(wikipedia moleskin) (en noun)
  • The fur of a mole
  • A cotton twill fabric with a heavy velvety nap
  • (in the plural) clothing made of this fabric
  • A padded adhesive bandage used to prevent or treat blisters

    • Verb

    (moleskinn)
  • To cover with a moleskin bandage
  • * 2011 , William deBuys, A Great Aridness: Climate Change and the Future of the American Southwest
  • *:Sadler has already wrapped an ace bandage around a badly sprained wrist (sustained in a fall on a desert trail), tweezered out a few cactus spines, moleskinned some blisters, and doled out all the pastillas de dolor —painkillers...

    • cowhide

    English

    Noun

  • (countable) A hide of a cow.
  • (uncountable) Any quantity of hides of cows.
  • (uncountable) Leather made from the hide of cows.
  • A coarse whip made of untanned leather.

    • Coordinate terms

    * horsehide * sheepskin * kidskin

    Verb

    (cowhid)
  • To flog with a cowhide.
    • English words with consonant pseudo-digraphs