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

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

I hope you have not added the occupation of itinerant flesher to the noble calling of forest huntsman?”

From A Prince of Good Fellows by Barr, Robert

There were three or four leddies sitting in the room; and 'Mr. Stuart, leddies,' said the flesher; 'Mr. Stuart, Mrs. So-and-so,' said he again—'Miss Murray, Mr. Stuart.'

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXII by Wilson, John Mackay