7 definitions found for rawhide

rawhide n 1: untanned hide especially of cattle; cut in strips it is used for whips and ropes

rawhide I. noun Date: 1829 1. a whip of untanned hide 2. untanned cattle skin II. transitive verb (rawhided; rawhiding) Date: 1858 1. to whip or drive with or as if with a rawhide 2. chastise 2

rawhide
n.
1 untanned hide.
2 a rope or whip of this.

rawhide Rawhide is leather that comes from cattle, and has not been treated or tanned. (AM) At his belt he carried a rawhide whip. N-UNCOUNT: usu N n

rawhide ˈrɔ:haɪd n. 1 untanned hide. 2 a rope or whip of this.

Rawhide Raw"hide`, n. A cowhide, or coarse riding whip, made of untanned (or raw) hide twisted.

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