rawhide

Untanned hide.

Noun

  1. 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...
  2. A whip made from twisted untanned leather.

Origin

From raw + hide.

Forms

rawhides

Derived

rawhider

Verb

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

Forms

rawhides rawhiding rawhided