Flesher

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A person who removes the flesh from the skin during the making of leather.
  • n. A tool used to remove the flesh from the skin during the making of leather.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A butcher.
  • n. A two-handled, convex, blunt-edged knife, for scraping hides; a fleshing knife.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A butcher.
  • n. An executioner.
  • n. In leather manufacturing, one who fleshes hides.
  • n. A tool used to flesh hides.
  • n. Same as flesh-split: commonly applied to sheepskin.
  • Word Usage
    "When my mother had got her fish laid at the bottom of the creel, she next went to the "flesher" for her butcher-meat."
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    butcher   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Cheshire    Escher    fresher    pressure    refresher    thresher