rawhide

[ raw-hahyd ]
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noun
  1. untanned skin of cattle or other animals.

  2. a rope or whip made of rawhide.

verb (used with object),raw·hid·ed, raw·hid·ing.
  1. to whip with a rawhide.

Origin of rawhide

1
First recorded in 1650–60; raw + hide2

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How to use rawhide in a sentence

  • The dog suddenly darted from the cabin and streaked after Dicks, a piece of rawhide trailing from his neck.

    A Virginia Scout | Hugh Pendexter
  • Lost Sister had fashioned a rude litter out of rawhide and two saplings, slack between the poles so the girl could not roll out.

    A Virginia Scout | Hugh Pendexter
  • For the lash or rawhide (scutica or lrum) was often used a sort of cat-o'-nine-tails, made of cords or thongs of leather.

    The Private Life of the Romans | Harold Whetstone Johnston
  • No doubt you would give free play to the strap and the rawhide and other implements of the slave-driver.

    A Little Union Scout | Joel Chandler Harris
  • “I do not know that,” replied Doña Jocasta thoughtfully, and she sank into a rawhide chair in the shade of a pillar.

    The Treasure Trail | Marah Ellis Ryan

British Dictionary definitions for rawhide

rawhide

/ (ˈrɔːˌhaɪd) /


noun
  1. untanned hide

  2. a whip or rope made of strips cut from such a hide

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