Pare, as a pear (4)

I believe the answer is:

peel

(Other definitions for peel that I've seen before include "Remove skin as from potato" , "old tower" , "Outer skin" , "Remove the rind" , "Outer fruit layer" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal.

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