rawhide
Untanned hide.
Noun
- Untanned hide.
- 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...
- A whip made from twisted untanned leather.
Origin
From raw + hide.
Forms
Derived
Verb
- To clear (a pump) of sediment by starting and stopping it repeatedly.
- To beat with a rawhide whip.