They rot pretty fast and puts me in mind of green hides.
I beat my way out of that place shipmate to a cargo of green hides, which may give you some idea how.
Since the city's tannery had lain outside the walls, leather was become scarce and even the few green hides were husbanded.
The company did an extensive business in green and salt hides which were shipped to tanners in various parts of the country.
K'vin caught flashes of blue, brown and even one or two green hides in the southern sun before they disappeared.
Spanish, she was, and little enough in her but salt and green hides.
A big wooden shield, hung with green hides, was fastened in front of it to protect it against counter-bombardment.
Inside sheds covered with green hides, rams swung on their chains.
Well, these tan and green hides are as soft as crème fraiche.
"What are you going to do with those green hides?"