process of removing old leaf bases from palms. Often done for aesthetic purposes. Also called peeling.
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Skinning is the act of skin removal. The process is done with animals, mainly as a means to prepare the muscle tissues beneath for consumption or for use of the fur or tanning of the skin. The skin may also be used as a trophy, sold on the fur market, or, in the case of a declared pest, used as proof of kill to obtain a bounty from a government health, agricultural, or game agency.[citation needed]
Two common methods of skinning are open skinning and case skinning. Typically, large animals are open skinned and smaller animals are case skinned.
Skinning, when it is performed on live humans as a form of capital punishment or murder, is referred to as flaying.