fleshings en · NOUN
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(plural, plural-only) Flesh-coloured tights (worn by actors or dancers)
Presently one of the performers, with a gilt crown on his well greased locks, descended from the staircase, his fleshings covered by a dingy dressing-gown, and mixed with the mob, shaking hands with old acquaintances.
1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, published 1861: