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Examples
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He notched the stick at each end and in the notches fastened strings of raw-hide.
The Makers of Fire 2010
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This moistening of the raw-hide he knew would tend to make it stretch, and, without apparent effort, he endeavored to stretch it more and more.
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A particularly horrible illustration in Roughing It shows the sleeping Twain with a three-foot-long centipede poised an inch from his face, “with forty-two legs on a side and every foot hot enough to burn a hole through a raw-hide.”
LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010
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A particularly horrible illustration in Roughing It shows the sleeping Twain with a three-foot-long centipede poised an inch from his face, “with forty-two legs on a side and every foot hot enough to burn a hole through a raw-hide.”
LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010
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The raw-hide bonds chafed my wrists and ankle and shoulders, but they were the least part of my aches.
Prester John 2005
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But the shaman dragged them from the stones and let them fall limply on the earth, and he cut the raw-hide thongs that bound the man, and began to dance and chant above them.
The Conquering Sword of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005
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But the shaman dragged them from the stones and let them fall limply on the earth, and he cut the raw-hide thongs that bound the man, and began to dance and chant above them.
The Conquering Sword Of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005
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Without making any reply, he gave her two or three heavy blows on the shoulders with his raw-hide, snatched me from her arms, handed me to my master, and seizing her by one arm, dragged her back towards the place of sale.
THE NEWS BLOG 2004
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Her hands were jerked behind her back and her wrists were bound together with a raw-hide thong.
The Seventh Scroll Smith, Wilbur 1995
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Eddie's key, now looped around Roland's neck on a piece of raw-hide, shifted beneath his shirt with each movement.
The Waste Lands King, Stephen, 1947- 1991
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