Rawhide (4)
I believe the answer is:
pelt
'rawhide' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for pelt that I've seen before include "Shower with missiles - hide" , "Hide; rain" , "Skin - bombard - hurry!" , "Animal skin with hair still on it" , "Skin; rain hard" .)