kip ( kip calf, kipskin )
1. A small cattle hide. i.e., the hides of fully
mature cattle, other than the buffalo, native to
the Indian Subcontinent and some parts of Africa,
which are smaller than those of Europe and
America. 2. The skins obtained from immature
European and American bovine animals that have
been grass fed and which are larger than calves
but smaller than fully grown cattle. Among cattle
hides. a kip is one weighing between 15 and 25
pounds in the green salted state. Generally, a kip
is considered to be intermediate between a hide
and a skin. Leather made from kips generally has a
fine, tight fiber. 3. As an abbreviation of the
full term "East India tanned kip," or "E. 1. kip
crust," a vegetable tanned leather made from
cowhide originating in the Indian Subcontinent and
tanned in India, mainly in the south, and
especially around Madras. (61 , 248 , 264 , 363 )
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