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noun
- 1. the untanned hide of an animal. Australian
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noun. Australia. : rawhide. a long-lashed stockwhip and lariat of plaited greenhide I. L. Idriess. Word History. First Known Use. before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above. Time Traveler. The first known use of greenhide was before the 12th century. See more words from the same century. Love words?
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun greenhide. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence. This word is used in Australian English.
Quick Reference. Is a term of English origin which describes the untanned hide of an animal, usually of cattle, which in colonial Australia provided a ready material for making ropes, whips, bridles ... From: Greenhide in The Oxford Companion to Australian History ».
Greenhide refers to the unprocessed hide of an animal, typically from cattle, that has been freshly removed from the animal and has not undergone any tanning or other chemical treatment. The term "green" in greenhide refers to the fact that the hide is raw and untreated.
Define green hide. or “green skin” means a hide or skin which is not partly or wholly dried, salted, pickled or tanned;
is a term of English origin which describes the untanned hide of an animal, usually of cattle, which in colonial.
greenhide noun ( Australian ) In the sense of skin : skin of dead animal with or without fur until recent years, leopard skins fetched high prices Synonyms skin • hide • pelt • fleece • crop • kip • fell
Greenhideis an English tannery term for the hide with the hair on beforescouring. 1881. A. C. Grant, `Bush Life in Queensland,' vol. i. p. 27: «Drivers, who walked beside their teams carrying over theirshoulders a long-handled whip with thong of raw salted hide,called in the colony `greenhide.'»
mid 1700s. The earliest known use of the noun green hand is in the mid 1700s. OED's earliest evidence for green hand is from 1747, in a letter by Gerard G. Beekman. green hand is formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: green adj., hand n.
In South America, Mexico and the USA both plaited and twisted rawhide ropes were used, although plaited ropes seem to have been more highly favoured among the cowboys and vaqueros. 2 In Australia plaited greenhide ropes were in use from early settlement times—for example, in 1847 explorer Ludwig Leichhardt plaited 25 foot greenhide ropes to ...
