fleshing

Developing the details

Fleshing is the process of removing flesh, fat, and membrane from the inside of an animal hide before tanning.

Tanners and taxidermists flesh hides to prepare them for preservation: After fleshing the deer hide, she soaked it in a salt solution.

The term also appears as a present participle of flesh, as in fleshing out a plan or character—adding substance to something skeletal.

leatherworking

hide

Conceal or pelt

peltFur-bearing animal skin
skinBody's outer layer
scrapingRubbing away material

defleshing · liming · tanning · currying · bating · pickling · membrane · shaving · thinning · rawhide

development

elaborating

Developing in greater detail

detailingDescribing thoroughly, point-by-point
expandingGrowing in scope
developingBecoming more advanced

substantiating · building · enriching · deepening · refining · outlining · drafting · conceiving · formulating · shaping

butchery

carcass

Slaughtered animal's body

trimmingCutting away excess
deboningRemoving skeletal structure
meatAnimal tissue for food

knife · cutting · scraping · sinew · fat · gristle · muscle · tissue · cleaning · processing

Categories

leatherworkleather, tanning, carving, tanner, saddler
game butcheringfield dressing, gutting, skinning, quartering, butchering
tanneriesleather, hides, pelts, skins, tanning
taxidermyglass eyes, specimens, specimen, manikins, mounting
trappingtraps, trap, snare, snares, trappers

Opposites

elaboration/detail

fleshingoutlining

Tracing outer contours

sketching · summarizing · abbreviating · condensing · truncating

completeness of development

fleshingdrafting

Creating technical blueprints

roughing · blocking · stubbing · placeholding · templating

completeness

fleshinggutting

Removing internal organs

hollowing out · skeletonizing · stripping · trimming · cutting

Phrases

fleshing outAdding substance and detail

Family

fleshiness, fleshier, fleshiest

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