flayer

/ˈflɛɪər, -leɪər/

Definitions

1. noun

A person or machine that removes or cuts off the skin or outer covering of something, especially an animal.

“The flayer was hired to remove the hides from the slaughtered cattle.”

2. verb

To remove or cut off the skin or outer covering of something, especially an animal.

“The butcher flayed the deer to prepare it for the market.”

Synonyms

  • flensing
  • scalder
  • skinner

Antonyms

  • cloaker
  • coverer