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Animal skin treated for human use

EntityQ3291230

Also known as animal hide · skin · animal skin

Subclass of: skin
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1.Stated in Q24507873
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, animal product
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1.Stated in Q30175631
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, covering
Part of: animal
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1.Stated in Q24507873
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A hide or skin is an animal skin treated for human use. The word "hide" is related to the Dutch word huid and the German word Haut, which mean skin. The industry defines hides as "skins" of large animals e.g. cow, buffalo; while skins refer to "skins" of smaller animals: goat, sheep, deer, pig, fish, alligator, snake, etc. Common commercial hides include leather from cattle and other livestock animals, buckskin, alligator skin and snake skin. All are used for shoes, clothes, leather bags, belts, or other fashion accessories. Leather is also used in cars, upholstery, interior decorating, horse tack and harnesses. Skins are sometimes still gathered from hunting and processed at a domestic or artisanal level but most leather making is now industrialized and large-scale. Various tannins are used for this purpose. Hides are also used as processed chews for dogs or other pets.

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Made from material: skin
Natural product of taxon: cattle
Said to be the same as: fur
fur

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