paring
nounSomething, such as a skin or peel, that has been pared off.
nounThe act of removing the outer covering or skin.
nounThe act of trimming something, or of reducing it in size or thickness by cutting or shaving off small portions from the surface or extremity.
nounThat which is pared off; a thin piece cut, clipped, or shaved off; hence, a scrap: as, cheese-parings; the parings of grass-lands.
nounThe rind or outermost crust.
nounThe act of cutting off the surface or extremites of anything.
nounThat which is pared off.
verbPresent participle of
A fragment or shaving that has been
a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something