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

Words Nearby rawhide

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How to use rawhide in a sentence

  • If you, like me, watch any movie involving dogs with your stomach muscles clenched as tight as a rawhide knot, you should know that there are several tense moments in Dog, times when you’re certain something bad is going to happen.

    Channing Tatum Will Make You Believe in Dog | Stephanie Zacharek | February 17, 2022 | Time
  • 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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