Flensing
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Flensing is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of flense.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of flense.
More Meanings
- The act of one who flenses; the operation of stripping off blubber.
Example Sentences
1968, Bryce Walton, Harpoon Gunner, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, NY (1968), page 59, All he knew about flensing knives was that they were used to strip blubber from whale carcasses.
Word Forms
- flensings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include defleshing, stripping, frondation, defibrination, deflagellation, deplumation.
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