rawhide

noun

1. untanned skin of cattle or other animals.
2. a rope or whip made of rawhide.

verb (used with object), raw·hid·ed, raw·hid·ing.

3. to whip with a rawhide.

noun

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

n.

“material cut from untanned skins of cattle,” 1650s, from raw (adj.) + hide (n.1).