flenched

/flɛntʃt/
verb
  1. Past tense of flench (to strip the blubber or skin from a whale or seal).
    • The whalers flenched the massive whale on the deck of the ship.
    • They flenched the carcass using long, sharp knives.
    • After the hunt, the crew flenched the seal quickly to preserve the blubber.
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