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Meanings of skinning in English

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The removal of skin from the body of an animal as preparation for consumption of the meat beneath and/or use for the fur.

Usage of skinning in English
1
A long, flexible blade for boning meat and filleting or skinning fish.
The Guardian
2
Aside from skinning the animal, she did nothing to prepare the meat.
The Cannibals of Candyland
3
We'll help you with the skinning, but it will take some time.
The Land of Painted Caves
4
Piute and Peon were skinning coyotes by the blaze of the fire.
The Heritage of the Desert: A Novel
5
By the time Kalus finished skinning the carcass it was nearly dark.
The Mantooth
6
By this time the Indians were skinning and cutting up the moose.
The Young Treasure Hunter; Or, Fred Stanley's Trip to Alaska
7
He would have sold the best of his life for the skinning-knife.
The Hunted Woman
8
In the other he carried a small skinning knife and a cleaver.
The heretic's daughter: a novel
9
Both cut and slashed till blood covered the animals they were skinning.
Indian Why Stories: Sparks from War Eagle's Lodge-Fire
10
He feared lest the waters might cleanse him by skinning him alive.
Life of Father Hecker
11
I would I had my maul and skinning-knife here to defend myself.
The Junior Classics, Volume 7: Stories of Courage and Heroism
12
If the skinning of it, brother, does not fall to my duty.
The Pathfinder; Or, The Inland Sea
13
This led him to try his skill at skinning and mounting specimens.
The Story of Grenfell of the Labrador: A Boy's Life of Wilfred T...
14
I sighed, skinning peaches for Tangela's last bridal event-theone-dayspa cruise.
Made of honor
15
I picture your lawful wife Anne Boleyn skinning and jointing this rabbit.
Wolf hall
16
He tripped on a rock and fell to his knee, skinning it.
Cibola Burn
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United Kingdom
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