1668 Edinb. Test. LXXIII. f. 171, in at Peling Ane skrapell and ane pealing iron.
1742 W. Ellis (ed. 3) II. xli. 197 As to the Debarking of Oak.., the Method of doing it by Peeling-irons, I have copiously writ on already.
1875 E. H. Knight Peeling-iron, a shovel-shaped thrusting-instrument whereby bark is loosened and pried away from the wood.