Skinner (profession)
A skinner is a person who skins animals such as cattle, sheep, and pigs, part or whole. Historically, skinners engaged in the hide and fur trades. "Mule skinner" (or " muleskinner") is slang for muleteer, a driver or wrangler of mules. See also *Worshipful Company of Skinners The Worshipful Company of Skinners (known as The Skinners' Company) is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London. It was originally an association of those engaged in the trade of skins and furs. It was granted Royal Charter in 1327 ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Skinner (Profession) Meat industry Artisans ...
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Skinning
Skinning is the act of skin removal. The process is done by humans to animals, mainly as a means to prepare the meat beneath for cooking and consumption, or to harvest the skin for making fur clothing or tanning it to make leather. The skin may also be used as a trophy or taxidermy, 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. 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 torture, murder or capital punishment Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is the state-sanctioned practice of deliberately killing a person as a punishment for an actual or supposed crime, usually following an authorized, rule-governed process to conclude that ..., is referred to as '' flaying''. Skinning ...
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