Flench
[flens] /flɛns/
verb (used with object), flensed, flensing.
1.
to strip the blubber or the skin from (a whale, seal, etc.).
2.
to strip off (blubber or skin).
/flɛns/
verb
1.
(transitive) to strip (a whale, seal, etc) of (its blubber or skin)
v.
also flench, 1814, from Danish flense, perhaps from PIE root *(s)plei- “to splice, split.” Related: Flenser; flensing.
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