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

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

From Jane Allen, Junior by Bancroft, Edith

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)

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 Steele, Jack

At the first I thought," said Lady Violet, "that they were attired in painted fleshings, but upon using my glass, it was clear that I was mistaken.

From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VIII (of X) by Wilder, Marshall Pinckney

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