sculping

sculping
/skul"ping/, n. Newfoundland.
the act of cutting the skin and its adhering fat from the body of a seal.
[1810-20; sculp the skin of a seal with the blubber attached (perh. a convergence of Ir scealbóg layer of flesh, slice, scealp, scealb slice, fragment, splinter, with E SCALP) + -ING1]

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