peeling

A piece or strip, as of skin or vegetable rind, that has been peeled off.

The act of stripping off the skin, rind, or bark of a thing; the stripping off of an outer covering or rind.

That which is stripped off; rind, peel or skin stripped from the object which it covered or to which it belonged: as, potato-peelings.

In printing, the art or act of removing from an impression-surface one or more layers of a paper overlay, to make a lighter impression.

The act of removing the outer surface in strips.

Strips of an outer rind or surface that has been removed.

Present participle of peel.

loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales