D defs.my
Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Paring

/pĕr'-ĭng/ · Par·ing · IPA /pˈɛrɪŋ/
01 n. The act of cutting off the surface or extremites of anything.
  1. 1.
    The act of cutting off the surface or extremites of anything.
  2. 2.
    That which is pared off.
    “Pare off the surface of the earth, and with the parings raise your hills.” Mortimer.