rawstock
nounEtymology From raw + stock.
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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: