In the sixth century Saint Brendan set off from the west coast of Ireland in a small currach made of wicker and oxhide to search for the Isles of the Blessed.
He motioned to his advisors and they produced an oxhide and one of them threw it on the ground between them.
His equivalents in Minos and Mycenae from 3,000 bc to 1,000 bc wore helmets and carried oxhide shields around their necks; later the shield became smaller and was carried on the arm.
He's a darling boy, no trouble at all, tough as oxhide.
Definition of oxhide in US English:
oxhide
nounˈäksˌhīdˈɑksˌhaɪd
Leather made from the hide of an ox.
牛革
Example sentencesExamples
He's a darling boy, no trouble at all, tough as oxhide.
He motioned to his advisors and they produced an oxhide and one of them threw it on the ground between them.
In the sixth century Saint Brendan set off from the west coast of Ireland in a small currach made of wicker and oxhide to search for the Isles of the Blessed.
His equivalents in Minos and Mycenae from 3,000 bc to 1,000 bc wore helmets and carried oxhide shields around their necks; later the shield became smaller and was carried on the arm.