rawhide

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

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  • rawhide — [rôr′hīd΄] n. 1. an untanned or only partially tanned cattle hide ☆ 2. a whip made of this vt. rawhided, rawhiding ☆ to beat or drive with such a whip …   English World dictionary

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  • Rawhide — Seriendaten Deutscher Titel: Tausend Meilen Staub / Cowboys Originaltitel: Rawhide Produktionsland: USA Produktionsjahr(e): 1959–1966 Episodenlänge: etwa 60 Minuten Episodenanzahl …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • rawhide — /raw huyd /, n., v., rawhided, rawhiding. n. 1. untanned skin of cattle or other animals. 2. a rope or whip made of rawhide. v.t. 3. to whip with a rawhide. [1650 60; RAW + HIDE2] * * * …   Universalium

  • rawhide — [[t]rɔ͟ːhaɪd[/t]] N UNCOUNT: usu N n Rawhide is leather that comes from cattle, and has not been treated or tanned. [AM] At his belt he carried a rawhide whip …   English dictionary

  • rawhide — raw•hide [[t]ˈrɔˌhaɪd[/t]] n. v. hid•ed, hid•ing 1) untanned skin of cattle or other animals 2) a rope or whip made of rawhide 3) to whip with or as if with a rawhide • Etymology: 1650–60 …   From formal English to slang

  • rawhide — 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… …   Wiktionary

  • rawhide — noun 1》 stiff untanned leather. 2》 N. Amer. a whip or rope made of rawhide …   English new terms dictionary

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