flesher

[ flesh-er ]

/ ˈflɛʃ ər /

a person who fleshes hides.

a tool for fleshing hides.

Origin of flesher

First recorded in 1325–75, flesher is from the Middle English word fleshour. See flesh, -er¹

His hand found the fifteen that Colonel Flesher had paid for the calf.

Ticktock and Jim |Keith Robertson
Skiver is the outside of a sheepskin which has been split, the inner side being known as the flesher.

Library Bookbinding |Arthur Low Bailey
A message was sent to Colonel Flesher that he would not be in for work for the sale.

Ticktock and Jim |Keith Robertson
Metzger, Schlechter; but our flesher has been absorbed by Fletcher, a maker of arrows, Fr.

The Romance of Names |Ernest Weekley

If the book is very heavy, it would be wise to line the back with duck or a flesher rather than with canton flannel.

Library Bookbinding |Arthur Low Bailey

flesher

/ (ˈflɛʃə) /

a person or machine that fleshes hides or skins

Scot a person who sells meat; butcher