The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bare \Bare\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bared(b[^a]rd); p. pr. & vb.
   n. Baring.] [AS. barian. See Bare, a.]
   To strip off the covering of; to make bare; as, to bare the
   breast.
   [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

baring
    n 1: the removal of covering [syn: denudation, stripping,
         uncovering, baring, husking]