1. plural of flenser; people or tools that strip blubber from whales or seals
Usage: historical; nautical; often refers to workers in the whaling industry

Examples

• The flensers worked on the deck of the whaling ship, carefully removing the blubber from the whale.
• Skilled flensers could process a large whale in several days.
• The flensers used long sharp knives called flensing knives to cut through the thick blubber.
• Historical records describe the dangerous work of flensers in 19th-century whaling operations.