verb
- to strip the blubber or skin from (a whale, seal, or other animal)
Usage: whaling; technical
Examples
- The whalers worked quickly to flense the massive blue whale.
- Traditional hunters learned to flense seals efficiently for food and materials.
- The crew used sharp knives to flense the blubber from the carcass.
- It took hours to properly flense the whale on the ship’s deck.
- Experienced fishermen can flense a large fish in minutes.
- The factory workers flense the animals using specialized equipment.