1. a person who removes flesh from animal hides or skins
Usage: occupational
2. a tool used to scrape flesh from hides
Usage: technical

Examples

• The flesher worked carefully to prepare the hide for tanning.
• She used a sharp flesher to remove all traces of meat from the skin.
• The tannery employed several fleshers to process the animal hides.
• He sharpened his flesher before beginning work on the deer hide.
• The flesher’s blade needed to be kept very clean to prevent contamination.
• Traditional fleshers learned their trade through years of apprenticeship.