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rawstock

rawstock noun: hides or skins that have been preserved to be tanned later.

Noun

rawstock (countable and uncountable, plural rawstocks)

  1. Hides or skins that have been preserved to be tanned later.
    • These fluctuations result from the interaction between the supply of hides and skins and the demand for the leather that is tanned from the rawstock.1991, Employment and Working Conditions and Competitiveness in the Leather and Footwear Industry, Geneva: International Labour Office
    • A plump rawstock is necessary because thickness reduction from high-pressure embossing exceeds the plumping effects of vegetable tanning. Native steer or branded steer hides are appropriate rawstock.2009, A. M. Pearson, T. R. Dutson, Inedible Meat by-Products, page 356

Forms of rawstock

pluralrawstocks

Origin of rawstock

From raw + stock.

Questions about rawstock

What does rawstock mean?
Rawstock means hides or skins that have been preserved to be tanned later.
What part of speech is rawstock?
Rawstock is a noun.
What is the plural of rawstock?
The plural of rawstock is rawstocks.

Words near rawstock in the dictionary

  1. rawsilk
  2. Rawson
  3. Rawson Green
  4. rawsonol
  5. Rawsonville
  6. rawstock
  7. rawstocks
  8. rawstyle
  9. Rawtenstall
  10. Rawtheyan
  11. rax

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