flense
verb
ˈflen(t)s 
flensed; flensing
transitive verb
: to strip of blubber or skin
flense a whale
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Two dozen students flense the whale today; in a year-and-a-half, another group will articulate her. 
Peter Wayne Moe, Longreads, 25 Feb. 2022 With the help of an excavator, great strips of blubber are flensed from Punctuation's body, each landing on the sand with a deep thud. Nick Hawkins, National Geographic, 11 July 2019
Peter Wayne Moe, Longreads, 25 Feb. 2022 With the help of an excavator, great strips of blubber are flensed from Punctuation's body, each landing on the sand with a deep thud. Nick Hawkins, National Geographic, 11 July 2019 Word History
Etymology
Dutch flensen or Danish & Norwegian flense
First Known Use
1820, in the meaning defined above