Flensing
noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of one who flenses; the operation of stripping off blubber.
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of flense form-of, gerund, participle, present
"1968, Bryce Walton, Harpoon Gunner, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, NY (1968), page 59, All he knew about flensing knives was that they were used to strip blubber from whale carcasses."
Example
More examples"1968, Bryce Walton, Harpoon Gunner, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, NY (1968), page 59, All he knew about flensing knives was that they were used to strip blubber from whale carcasses."