skiving

The operation of taking off the rough fleshy parts from the inner surface of a skin by short oblique cuts with a curriers’ knife.

The rejected thickness of leather of the flesh side, when leather is split for thin shoes and the like.

The act of paring or splitting leather or skins.

A piece made in paring or splitting leather; specifically, the part from the inner, or flesh, side.

Present participle of skive.

A piece made in skiving (the paring or splitting of leather), especially the part from the inner, or flesh, side.