fleshings

American  

[flesh-ingz] / ˈflɛʃ ɪŋz /

noun

(used with a plural verb)

1. flesh-colored tights.

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fleshings British  

/ ˈflɛʃɪŋz /

plural noun

1. flesh-coloured tights

2. 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

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 Sharman, Julian

Almost as soon as he was installed a new swan came upon the waters, huge and flat-beaked, with yellow fleshings to his mandibles.

From Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln A Short Story of One of the Makers of Mediaeval England by Marson, Charles L. (Charles Latimer)

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

Jove! with these fleshings I feel as self-conscious as an untried chorus girl.

From Man on the Box by MacGrath, Harold

Meanwhile, a little man in fleshings and a cocked hat addressed the audience.

From In the Days of My Youth by Edwards, Amelia Ann Blanford