1
: a whip of untanned hide
2
: untanned cattle skin
rawhided; rawhiding
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Verb
the desperados rawhided their horses in a futile attempt to outride the posse pursuing them
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Mecca Pryor, Essence, 14 Mar. 2025
Memorable improvisations include an Apache deck from the 19th century, with sword, bell and button forms painted into rectangles of rawhide, and a deck of Paris metro tickets painted over by Alexis Poliakoff in the 1970s.
—Walker Mimms, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2022
DreamBones, a healthy alternative to rawhide, is great for dogs who love to chew, and a bag of 24 treats is 52 percent off.
—Carly Kulzer, PEOPLE.com, 7 May 2022
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Noun
It was crafted with premium leather craftsmanship, rawhide laces, and stays true to its heritage with premium leather craftsmanship, rawhide laces, and Sperry’s signature Razor-Cut Wave-Siping™ outsole.
—Mecca Pryor, Essence, 14 Mar. 2025
Memorable improvisations include an Apache deck from the 19th century, with sword, bell and button forms painted into rectangles of rawhide, and a deck of Paris metro tickets painted over by Alexis Poliakoff in the 1970s.
—Walker Mimms, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Verb
Treats that are hard or crunchy (such as bones or rawhide chews) Is cheese bad for dogs?
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2022
DreamBones, a healthy alternative to rawhide, is great for dogs who love to chew, and a bag of 24 treats is 52 percent off.
—Carly Kulzer, PEOPLE.com, 7 May 2022
See All Example Sentences for rawhide
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“Rawhide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rawhide. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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rawhide
1 of 2 noun
raw·hide
ˈrȯ-ˌhīd 
1
: a whip of untanned hide
2
: untanned cattle skin
rawhide
2 of 2 verb
rawhided; rawhiding
: to whip or drive with or as if with a rawhide
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