rawhide

English

Etymology

From raw +‎ hide.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɔːhaɪd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɔhaɪd/

Noun

rawhide (countable and uncountable, plural rawhides)

1. Untanned hide.
   • 1907, O. Henry, Hearts and Crosses:

     This throw was fair; the white cow came to earth again; and before it could rise Santa had made the lasso fast around a post of the corral with a swift and simple knot, and had leaped upon the cow again with the rawhide hobbles.

2. (countable) A whip made from twisted untanned leather.

Derived terms

• rawhider

Translations

untanned hide

Dutch: dierenhuid (nl) m Estonian: toornahk Finnish: raakatalja German: Rohleder (de) n, Rohhaut (de) f Icelandic: hráskinn Italian: cuoio greggio m Latin: tergīnum n Norwegian: råskinn Swedish: råskinn (sv)

Verb

rawhide (third-person singular simple present rawhides, present participle rawhiding, simple past and past participle rawhided)

1. (transitive) To clear (a pump) of sediment by starting and stopping it repeatedly.
2. (transitive) To beat with a rawhide whip.