n. The act of stripping off the skin, rind, or bark of a thing; the stripping off of an outer covering or rind.n. That which is stripped off; rind, peel or skin stripped from the object which it covered or to which it belonged: as, potato-peelings.n. In printing, the art or act of removing from an impression-surface one or more layers of a paper overlay, to make a lighter impression.