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raw·hide

(rô′hīd′)

1. The untanned hide of cattle or other animals.

2. A whip or rope made of rawhide.

tr.v. raw·hid·ed, raw·hid·ing, raw·hides

To beat with a rawhide whip.

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rawhide

(ˈrɔːˌhaɪd)

1. (Tanning) untanned hide

2. a whip or rope made of strips cut from such a hide

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raw•hide

(ˈrɔˌhaɪd)

n., v. -hid•ed, -hid•ing. n.

1. untanned skin of cattle or other animals.

2. a rope or whip made of rawhide.

v.t.

3. to whip with or as if with a rawhide.

[1650–60]

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Noun

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

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

Translations

cuoio grezzo

rawhide

[ˈrɔːhaɪd]

A. N (US) → cuero m de vaca

B. CPD → de cuero crudo

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

rawhide

[ˈrɔːˌhaɪd] n

a. → cuoio non conciato

b. (whip) → frusta di cuoio

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