flesher

American  

[flesh-er] / ˈflɛʃ ər /

noun

1. a person who fleshes hides.

2. a tool for fleshing hides.

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flesher British  

/ ˈflɛʃə /

noun

1. a person or machine that fleshes hides or skins

2. a person who sells meat; butcher

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Etymology

Origin of flesher

First recorded in 1325–75, flesher is from the Middle English word fleshour. See flesh, -er ¹

Example Sentences

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flesher

Taking the hide flesher in his hands, Deydey sharpened the end well on his sharpening stone.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich

Now Deydey asked for the use of Omakayas’s gun-barrel flesher.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich

Pride fought with dismay inside of her, and she took the gun-barrel hide flesher from her father with a conflicted heart.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich

We often walk through its quiet, myrtle-bordered paths on our way to the other end of the village, where Mrs. Bruce, the flesher, keeps an unrivalled assortment of beef and mutton.

From Penelope's Experiences in Scotland by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith

The late Mr. Steel, flesher in Peebles, had a bitch that was fully equal to the one mentioned above, andPage 201 that, too, in the very same qualification.

From Anecdotes of Dogs by Jesse, Edward