oxhind

English

Etymology

From ox +‎ hind (“A servant, especially an agricultural labourer”).

Noun

oxhind (plural oxhinds)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of cattleman.
    • 1757, Edward Lisle, Observations in Husbandry‎[1], page 269:
      My oxhind took three of my steers, to break them, and to inure them to the yoke […]
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