A spadelike implement, variously used, as for removing loaves of bread from a baker's oven; also, a T-shaped implement used by printers and bookbinders for hanging wet sheets of paper on lines or poles to dry
If you peel off something that has been sticking to a surface or if it peels off, it comes away from the surface. One of the kids was peeling plaster off the wall It took me two days to peel off the labels Paint was peeling off the walls The wallpaper was peeling away close to the ceiling. an unrenovated bungalow with slightly peeling blue paint
To strip off the skin, bark, or rind of; to strip by drawing or tearing off the skin, bark, husks, etc