oxhide
Tough cattle skin
Oxhide is the hide or skin of an ox, used historically to make leather for shields, shoes, whips, and other durable goods.
The term appears in ancient texts and historical contexts where such hides were valuable trade commodities.
Oxhide ingots were copper ingots shaped roughly like a flattened animal skin, traded throughout the Bronze Age Mediterranean.
Adding Indian spices
- limingApplying calcium oxide
- fleshingAdding detail or depth
- batingExcluding or omitting
- picklingAcid preservation process
staking · scudding · dyeing · buffing · shaving · splitting · finishing · tannery
Tanned bovine leather
- rawhideUntanned animal skin
- leatherTanned animal skin
- skinBody's outer layer
- peltFur-bearing animal skin
full-grain · supple · thick · untanned · cured · preserved · durable · tough
Very old indeed
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- MinoanAncient Cretan civilization
- currencyMedium of exchange
- ingotCast metal block
trade · barter · shipbuilding · chariot · tent · scrolls · manuscripts · armor
currying
Adding Indian spices
pickling · staking · scudding · dyeing · buffing · shaving · splitting · finishing · tannery · bark
cowhide
Tanned bovine leather
pelt · full-grain · supple · thick · untanned · cured · preserved · durable · tough · sturdy
ancient
Very old indeed
ingot · trade · barter · shipbuilding · chariot · tent · scrolls · manuscripts · armor · shields
shield
Handheld defensive armor
- drumStruck percussion cylinder
- parchmentTreated hide for manuscripts
- vellumPrepared calfskin for writing
bookbinding · saddlery · harness · belting · strapping · lashing · cordage · whip · scabbard · quiver
cattle
Domesticated bovines kept commercially
slaughter · butcher · byproduct · livestock · domesticated · yoke