1. a person or thing that strips or removes the skin or outer layer from something

Examples

• The butcher used a sharp flayer to remove the hide from the animal.
• In medieval times, a flayer was a person who performed the brutal punishment of flaying.
• The tool worked as an efficient flayer of vegetables in the kitchen.
• Historical records describe the flayer as one of the most feared executioners.
• The machine acts as a flayer, quickly removing the outer coating from the raw material.