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Flesher
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
Same as
flesh-split
: commonly applied to sheepskin.
noun.
A butcher.
noun.
An executioner.
noun.
In
leather manufacturing
, one who fleshes hides.
noun.
A tool used to flesh hides.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
A butcher.
noun.
A two-handled, convex, blunt-edged knife, for scraping hides; a fleshing knife.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
A person who removes the
flesh
from the skin during the making of
leather
.
noun.
A tool used to remove the
flesh
from the skin during the making of
leather
.
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
spring flesher
Rhyme
Words with the same terminal sound
Cheshire
Escher
fresher
pressure
refresher
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
butcher