1 : to strip off the skin or surface of : skin The hunter flayed the rabbit and prepared it for cooking. 2 : to criticize harshly : excoriate He was flayed by the media for his controversial comments.

How do you use flay in a sentence?

It was he who would flay her for coquetting with the liberator. I've a right to the money, and I'll flay him alive if I don't get it! They strip them bare, flay them and cut away the flesh about the foot. He drew out his knife and ripping the otter up he began to flay him.

Is it flay or fillet?

Where does flay come from? Flay is an old word. ... The similar-sounding word fillet means “a boneless cut of fish or meat” or “to prepare such a cut.”