Hide (skin)

A hide or skin is an animal skin treated for human use. The word "hide" is related to a German word "Haut" which means skin. a 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 add leather from cattle in addition to other livestock animals, buckskin, alligator skin and snake skin. any 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 almost 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.

The term "skin" is sometimes expanded to increase furs, which are harvested from various species, including cats, mustelids, and bears.

Production

Animal hides and skins are normally processed fresh or salted and tanned. Skins sometimes are stretched, dried, and tanned. almost hides are processed from domesticated animals; the most common wild animals used for fur—]—are still trapped in the wild for their fur.