defleshing

English

Verb

defleshing

1. present participle and gerund of deflesh

Noun

defleshing (countable and uncountable, plural defleshings)

1. The act of removing the flesh.
   • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 171:

     In extreme circumstances they would, however, eat a little plant matter and fungus, as well as each other: twelve skeletons from El Sidrón Cave in Spain, bearing marks of death blows and defleshing, offering clear evidence of cannibalism.