Definition of "oxhides" [oxhides]

• Plural form of oxhide. (noun)

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• "For even now it is an abomination with the Colchians to burn dead men with fire; nor is it lawful to place them in the earth and raise a mound above, but to wrap them in untanned oxhides and suspend them from trees far from the city."
• "But despite the small demand for beef and butter a good many cattle are raised; for oxen are needed for the plowing and carting, oxhides have a steady sale, and there is a regular call for beehives for the hecatombs at the great public sacrifices."
• "Ajax received it on his shield, which was made of seven folds of oxhides and an eighth fold of solid brass."