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Knockananna
Price mentions two local names: Boorawn being derived from baudrán a basket covered in cow-hide and Kish, from ceis the name of part of the bog.
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cowhide
▪ I. ˈcow-ˌhide, ˈcowhide, n. [Formerly pronounced with stress on hide, or with equal stress.] 1. The hide of a cow (stript off, ‘raw,’ or ‘dressed’). (Also pl. † kine hides.)1640–1 Kirkcudbr. War-Comm. Min. Bk. (1855) 148 The best kyne hydes, being rough, be sold for iiij libs. 1676 Hobbes Iliad (1...
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Egtved
She was laid on a cow-hide and covered by a coarse woollen blanket.
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cow-skin
ˈcow-skin, n. 1. The skin of a cow (when stripped off); the same dressed as a mat, a covering for trunks, or the like. Also attrib.1780 in Narrag. Hist. Reg. I. 101 Carried the cow skin to tann by George Wilson. 1809 Repertory (Boston) 6 Oct. (Th.), A green or untanned cowskin whip. 1848 Thackeray V...
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Kwavi people
These settlements consisted of huts, covered with cow-hide or grass and were surrounded by thorn hedges and ditches for protection against enemy attack
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bauneen
bawneen, bauneen (ˈbɔːniːn) [ad. Irish báin{iacu}n undyed flannel, f. bán (báin-) white.] In Ireland: a sleeved waistcoat made from undyed flannel worn by farm-labourers. Also attrib.; bawneen yarn, a coarse light fawn unwashed knitting-wool.1910 Month CXV. 66 The last rays of the setting sun fell s...
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Nguni shield
A cow-hide shield is known as isihlangu, ihawu or ingubha in Zulu, and ikhaka or ikhawu in Xhosa.
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shoepack
shoepack N. Amer. (ˈʃuːpæk) Also shoepac, shupac. [ad. Delaware Jargon seppock, s{iacu}ppack shoes, f. Unami Delaware čipahko moccasins, infl. by shoe n.] Orig., and still locally, a moccasin with an extra sole; more recently, a commercially manufactured oiled leather boot, usually with a rubber sol...
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Domhnall na g-Croiceann
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Donal of the hides (or Domhnall Na-g-Croiceann), so called from having been wrapped in a cow-hide when an infant by his mother [Helena
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larrigan
larrigan N. Amer. (ˈlærɪgən) Also 9 larigan, larrigin. [Of unknown origin.] A long boot made of undressed leather.1886 Engineering News XVI. 99/1 And the ordinary foot-gear is a pair of cow-hide moccasins (called shoe-packs or larrigans). 1889 Amer. N. & Q. III. 308 A larigan, or larrigin, in Maine ...
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moocha
moocha (ˈmuːtʃə) Also moochi(e), muchi, mutsha, mutshi, umutsha. [Bantu.] A short skirt worn as a loin-cloth by the aboriginal inhabitants of eastern South Africa before the introduction of European dress.1878 H. A. Roche On Trek in Transvaal xv. 325 A wee little Kafir boy with nothing upon him but ...
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Uniforms of La Grande Armée
The helmet was made of polished steel with brass comb, a black mane, a black cow-hide turban, black visor edged with brass, a red plume in a small brass
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Hobby horse
clearly shows the dragon with three hobby-horses of the "tourney" type, but modern photographs and descriptions of the event show these animals are made of cow-hide
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plug
▪ I. plug, n. (plʌg) [app. a. MDu. and early mod.Du. plugge a plug, bung, stopper, Du. plug; so MLG., LG. plugge, plügge, LG. plüg, also Swed. plugg, pligg, Da. plög. Other types appear in MLG., LG. plock, pluck, MHG. pfloc, pflocke, Ger. pflock; and in NFris. plaak, Da. plök. Further history unknow...
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