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oxhide

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oxhide [ˈɒksˌhaɪd]
n
(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Tanning) leather made from the hide of an ox
Translations
oxhide [ˈɒkshaɪd] N → cuero m de buey
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But leave a sword and a spear apiece for yourself and me, and a couple of oxhide shields so that we can snatch them up at any moment; Jove and Minerva will then soon quiet these people.
The Odyssey by Homer View in context
The strap of the helmet that went under his chin was choking him, and Menelaus would have dragged him off to his own great glory had not Jove's daughter Venus been quick to mark and to break the strap of oxhide, so that the empty helmet came away in his hand.
The Iliad by Homer View in context
So they sat silent in their craft for fear, and did not loose the sheets throughout the black, hollow ship, nor lowered the sail of their dark-prowed vessel, but as they had set it first of all with oxhide ropes, so they kept sailing on; for a rushing south wind hurried on the swift ship from behind.
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