Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Cowhide \Cow"hide`\ (-h?d`), n.
   1. The hide of a cow.

   2. Leather made of the hide of a cow.

   3. A coarse whip made of untanned leather.

Cowhide \Cow"hide`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cowhided}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Cowhiding}.]
   To flog with a cowhide.

Source : WordNet®

cowhide
     n 1: leather made from the hide of a cow [syn: {cowskin}]
     2: the hide of a cow
     3: a heavy flexible whip made of braided cowhide
     v : flog with a cowhide