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

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

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)

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.

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

Animal glue is made of bones and trimmings, cuttings and fleshings from hides and skins of animals.

From Handwork in Wood by Noyes, William