skin back
English
Verb
skin back (third-person singular simple present skins back, present participle skinning back, simple past and past participle skinned back)
- (transitive, intransitive) Retract (an envelope of skin or flesh, or an analogous protective sheath).
- 1963 December, Morton J. Schultz, “Keep the Power in Power Steering” in Popular Mechanics (Popular Mechanics Company), ed. Don Dinwiddie, volume 120, № 6, page 168
- Check piston rod for scoring by skinning back protective rubber boot.
- 1969, Gerald J. Grantz, Home Book of Taxidermy and Tanning (Stackpole Books), chapter 4: “Mounting Birds”, pages 65–66
- Proceed rearward from the incision at the anus, cutting the anal canal just above the opening and skinning back to the point just forward of the tail quills.
- 2006, Mark Wildyr, “Survivor”, in John Patrick, John Butler, editors, Wild + Willing, STARbooks Press, page 243:
- “I’ve never touched a man before,” Kyle whispered, skinning back the foreskin.
- 2010, Billie Sue Mosiman, chapter 19, in Gold Rush Dream, self-published:
- He hacked at the head, skinning back the lips to get at the teeth.
- 1963 December, Morton J. Schultz, “Keep the Power in Power Steering” in Popular Mechanics (Popular Mechanics Company), ed. Don Dinwiddie, volume 120, № 6, page 168
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