unskin

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ skin.

Verb

unskin (third-person singular simple present unskins, present participle unskinning, simple past and past participle unskinned)

  1. (transitive) To remove the skin from.
    Synonym: skin
    • 1823, Sarah Lee, Taxidermy, page 27:
      We continue to unskin the neck, and pass the head from within the skin, with the help of a scalpel. We unskin the head as far as the end of the nose, taking care to cut the ears as near as possible to the skull; […]
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