scarfskin

[ skahrf-skin ]

/ ˈskɑrfˌskɪn /

the outermost layer of the skin; epidermis.

Origin of scarfskin

First recorded in 1605–15; scarf¹ + skin

There is still some doubt whether the scarf-skin has any nerves or not.

The Boys' And Girls' Library |Various
But dermal appendages, the forms that grow out of the scarf-skin and are modifications of it, are not vascular.

Birds and All Nature, Vol. V, No. 4, April 1899 |Various
The inner one is called the cutis, or true skin; the outer one is the epidermis, or scarf-skin.

A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene |Joseph Chrisman Hutchison
It is this which, when the scarf-skin and hair have been removed, is converted by the process of tanning or tawing into leather.

Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II |Arnold Cooley

Derma, or Dermis, is the true skin lying under the epidermis (cuticle), which is known in contrast as the scarf-skin.

The New Gresham Encyclopedia |Various

scarfskin

/ (ˈskɑːfˌskɪn) /

the outermost layer of the skin; epidermis or cuticle

C17: from scarf 1 (in the sense: an outer covering)

scarfskin

[ skärf′skĭn′ ]

The outermost layer of skin, especially that which forms the cuticle.