From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpeelingspeel‧ings /ˈpiːlɪŋz/ noun [plural] LOOK ATpieces of skin that have been removed from fruit or vegetables Put the potato peelings on the compost heap.
Examples from the Corpus
peelings• carrot peelings• The meagre little peelings falling from her knife into water eased her, their ordinariness was a link with real life.• Similar research projects are developing plastics from materials such as corn, molasses, potato peelings and castor oil.• I was moving dangerously close to the potato peelings.• Perhaps these are the peelings as they eat the more tender meat inside. 