fleshings
Americannoun
plural noun
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flesh-coloured tights
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bits of flesh scraped from the hides or skins of animals
Etymology
Origin of fleshings
First recorded in 1830–40; flesh + (stock)ings
Example Sentences
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Animal glue is made of bones and trimmings, cuttings and fleshings from hides and skins of animals.
From Handwork in Wood by William Noyes
The man before him was no other than the one he had seen next door, dressed in red fleshings as Satan.
From A Husband by Proxy by Jack Steele
Meanwhile, a little man in fleshings and a cocked hat addressed the audience.
From In the Days of My Youth by Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards
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 Henry W. Nevinson
Dealers in faded wardrobes,—merchants in tinsel and rouge de théâtre,—retailers of wigs and fleshings and all manner of stage wares, seemed one with another to have made the locality their home.
From A Cursory History of Swearing by Julian Sharman
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