Pighide

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The tanned or untreated skin of a pig used to make leather or other durable materials
2. Pig leather made from the animal's hide, commonly used in manufacturing goods
3. Raw or processed pig skin utilized as a material for crafting items like shoes or gloves

Etymology: Pighide is a plain compound: "pig" placed before "hide," the skin of an animal. "Hide" comes from Old English "hȳd," which is related to Latin "cutis," meaning skin. "Pig" first appears in Middle English as "pigge," and its earlier origin is uncertain. English has a second "hide" that is not related to the skin sense. In Old English, "hīd" was a unit of land, roughly enough to support one household, and it came from a different root. The two words look identical today only because they happen to share a spelling.

Synonyms: pigskin, leather, hide