verb
- past tense and past participle of cowhide; to beat or whip with a cowhide whip
Usage: informal; chiefly historical
Examples
- The ranch hand was cowhided for his negligence.
- In the old days, prisoners were sometimes cowhided as punishment.
- He cowhided the stubborn mule to make it move forward.
- The overseer cowhided any worker who fell behind on the job.