RAWHIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rawhide mean? 

• RAWHIDE (noun)
  The noun RAWHIDE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: RAWHIDE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RAWHIDE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Untanned hide especially of cattle; cut in strips it is used for whips and ropes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("rawhide" is a kind of...):

fell; hide (the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal))

 Context examples 

Also, he received the question with out-bursts of anger, raging and straining at the rawhide that bound him and threatening her with what he would do when he got loose, which he said he was sure to do sooner or later.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)