écorché

American  

[ey-kawr-shey] / ˌeɪ kɔrˈʃeɪ /

noun

1. an anatomical model of part or all of the human body with the skin removed, to allow study of the underlying musculature.

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écorché British  

/ ˌeɪkɔːˈʃeɪ /

noun

1. an anatomical figure without the skin, so that the muscular structure is visible

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Etymology

Origin of écorché

First recorded in 1855–60; from French: literally, “skinned, flayed,” adjective use of past participle écorché, from the verb écorcher, from Old French escochier “to skin, peel,” from Vulgar Latin excorticāre, equivalent to ex- + cortic- (stem of cortex “bark, rind”) + -āre infinitive suffix

Example Sentences

One of the most ravishing figures may have been intended for purely medical uses: Alphonse Lami’s 1857 flayed, or écorché, figure.

From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2018

One is an écorché, an exquisite frontal rendering of the horse in red chalk with its skin removed to display the underlying musculature.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2017

Ce présent consistoit en soixante-dix grands plateaux d'etain chargés de différentes sortes de confitures et de compotes, et vingt-huit autres dont chacun portoit un mouton écorché.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 10 Asia, Part III by Hakluyt, Richard

A momentary devotion to him helped her, and lifting her eyes as bidden she regarded this human remnant, this écorché, a second time. 

From A Group of Noble Dames by Hardy, Thomas