1.
[syn: bare-assed, bare-ass, in the altogether, in the buff, in the raw, raw, peeled, naked as a jaybird, stark naked]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Peel \Peel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Peeled (p[=e]ld); p. pr. &
vb. n. Peeling.] [F. peler to pull out the hair, to strip,
to peel, fr. L. pilare to deprive of hair, fr. pilus a hair;
or perh. partly fr. F. peler to peel off the skin, perh. fr.
L. pellis skin (cf. Fell skin). Cf. Peruke.]
1. To strip off the skin, bark, or rind of; to strip by
drawing or tearing off the skin, bark, husks, etc.; to
flay; to decorticate; as, to peel an orange.
[1913 Webster]
The skillful shepherd peeled me certain wands.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. To strip or tear off; to remove by stripping, as the skin
of an animal, the bark of a tree, etc.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
peeled \peeled\ (p[=e]ld) adj.
Naked; -- used informally.
Syn: bare-assed, bare-ass, in the altogether, in the buff, in
the raw, raw, naked as a jaybird, stark naked.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
peeled
adj 1: (used informally) completely unclothed [syn: bare-
assed, bare-ass, in the altogether, in the buff,
in the raw, raw, peeled, naked as a jaybird,
stark naked]