fleshings

American

[flesh-ingz] / ˈflɛʃ ɪŋz /

noun

(used with a plural verb)

flesh-colored tights.

fleshings British

/ ˈflɛʃɪŋz /

plural noun

flesh-coloured tights
bits of flesh scraped from the hides or skins of animals

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Etymology

Origin of fleshings

First recorded in 1830–40; flesh + (stock)ings

Example Sentences

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I dress the hair and change the Paris frocks, and lace the corsets, and mend the pink silk fleshings of England's Premier Comedienne.

From Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune by Onions, Mrs. Oliver

Outside the circus-booth, high up on a platform, stood the clowns in their dingy fleshings and faded scarlet trunks.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. by Various

If I don't rub down quickly I'm afraid these goose fleshings will freeze into pebbles.

From Jane Allen, Junior by Bancroft, Edith

Scarlet and yellow booths, gilded roundabouts, sword-swallowers in purple fleshings, Amazons in green plush and spangles were gay enough.

From Essays in Rebellion by Nevinson, Henry W.

One of the three was fantastically arrayed as a cannibal chief, in brown fleshings, with cuffs upon his ankles, gaudy decorations about his neck, and huge rings in nose and ears.

From The Lighted Match by Schabelitz, R. F.

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