The peeling off in flakes or scales of bark or dead skin.

Roget 226: divestment; taking off etc. v.. nudity; bareness etc. adj.; undress; dishabille etc. 225; the altogether; nudation^†, denudation; decortication, depilation, excoriation, desquamation; molting; exfoliation; trichosis [Med.].    ... show more

A thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin.

synonyms: scale, scurf.

Dutch: huidschilfer, vel, velletje