efflower

动词 v.
/ɛˈflaʊɚ/   

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To graze; (leatherworking) to remove the outer surface of (a skin) with a knife. rare
    — Chamois or Shamoy leather.—The skins are first washed, limed, fleeced, and branned as above described. They are next efflowered, that is, deprived of their epidermis by a concave knife, blunt in its middle part, upon the convex horse-beam.

词形变化

efflowers present,singular,third-person efflowering participle,present efflowered participle,past efflowered past

词源

Borrowed from French effleurer.
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