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Hide (skin)
A
hide
or
skin
is an animal
skin
treated for human use. Common commercial hides include
leather
from
cattle
and other
livestock
animals,
buckskin
,
alligator skin
and
snake skin
. All are used for
shoes
,
clothes
and other
fashion
accessories
. Leather is also used in
upholstery
,
interior decorating
,
horse tack
and
harnesses
. Such 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.
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