skinning

English

Verb

skinning

present participle and gerund of skin

Adjective

skinning

(Ireland, colloquial, regarding the weather) exceptionally cold

Noun

skinning (plural skinnings)

The act of removing the skin, as for example from animals killed for meat, hides, and furs.
- 2003, David T. Pudlevitcz, Blood of the Dragon:
  I had seen many decapitations and skinnings, impalings and crucifixions […]

Coordinate terms

(carcass processing): plucking, field dressing, slaughtering, butchering

Derived terms

onion skinning

Translations

act of removing skin

Arabic: سلخ
Danish: flåning
Faroese: fletting
Finnish: nylkeminen (fi)
German: Ausstoßen
Icelandic: fláning f
Indonesian: menguliti (id)
Italian: scorticamento m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: flåing

Nynorsk: flåing
Romagnol: abrașiôn f
Sicilian: scurciatina
Swedish: flåning c
Vietnamese: lột da

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