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rawhide ((n.))

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1†n.

a whip made of rawhide.

Quotations

1852

"Yesterday, I forgot to take the oxen out of the yoke, and Musther William tied me up to a stump, and bate me with the raw hide."

1902

. . . the master [laid] two swift, stinging cuts from the rawhide over . . . Bob's back. . . .

1944

". . . Dog like sound of whip. Make music in ears." The factor scratched his head. "Yes, that is true; the huskies do like the sound of the singing rawhide."

2n. — B.C., Hist.

an untanned hide used in rawhiding.

See: rawhiding

Quotations

1897

At a considerable cost a rawhide and pack trail has been constructed from the town of Brandon to the Two Friends mine, on said creek.

1913

[They] were hauled outside by an ox hitched to a rawhide instead of a cart or sled, which served the purpose better.

1958

In olden days they used to sack all the ore and then pack it in winter on raw hides or sleighs to the wharfs.