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Definition of Fleshings

Fleshings
Fleshings Flesh"ings, n. pl. Flesh-colored tights, worn by actors dancers. --D. Jerrold.
Fleshing
Flesh Flesh, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fleshed; p. pr. & vb. n. Fleshing.] 1. To feed with flesh, as an incitement to further exertion; to initiate; -- from the practice of training hawks and dogs by feeding them with the first game they take, or other flesh. Hence, to use upon flesh (as a murderous weapon) so as to draw blood, especially for the first time. Full bravely hast thou fleshed Thy maiden sword. --Shak. The wild dog Shall flesh his tooth on every innocent. --Shak. 2. To glut; to satiate; hence, to harden, to accustom. ``Fleshed in triumphs.' --Glanvill. Old soldiers Fleshed in the spoils of Germany and France. --Beau. & Fl. 3. (Leather Manufacture) To remove flesh, membrance, etc., from, as from hides.
Fleshing
Fleshing Flesh"ing, n. A person devoted to fleshly things. [Obs.] --Spenser.

Meaning of Fleshings from wikipedia

- as "the Chippendales of his day," Ducrow and his sons would dress in "fleshings" (flesh-coloured body stockings) to perform physique poses called plastiques...
- Her crew were rescued. Elizabeth  Denmark The ship was wrecked on the Fleshings, off Whalsay, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom, with the loss of all on...
- bare sections of the dancers’ bodies. The artists were instead wearingfleshings’, a skin-colour silk or jersey inserts to shorten the time required for...
- She was as femininely alluring amid the bald disclosures of unblushing fleshings as amid the tantalizing exasperations of swishing draperies. Her beauty...