caping

caping
 n.โ€” ยซSheโ€™s removing the hide from the skull of a hunterโ€™s prizeโ€”a process called “caping”โ€”in Dixon Highโ€™s taxidermy class.ยป โ€”โ€œA class with dirty details” by David Henson The Reporter (Vacaville, California) Oct. 24, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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