Removing outside layer

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Skinning is the act of skin removal. The process is done with animals , mainly as a means to prepare the muscle tissues beneath for consumption or for use of the fur or tanning of the skin. The skin may also be used as a trophy , sold on the fur market, ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a natural protective covering of the body; site of the sense of touch; "your skin is the largest organ of your body" [syn: tegument , cutis ] the tissue forming the hard outer layer (of e.g. a fruit) [syn: rind , peel ] an outer surface (usually thin); ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
(label en Ireland colloquial regarding the weather) exceptionally cold n. The act of removing the skin. v (present participle of skin English)

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Skin \Skin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Skinned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Skinning .] To strip off the skin or hide of; to flay; to peel; as, to skin an animal. To cover with skin, or as with skin; hence, to cover superficially. It will but skin and film the ulcerous ...