deplume

Verb
Synonyms: displumepluckpullteardeplumate

WordNet 3.0

Verb (2)

  1. strip of honors, possessions, or attributesSynonyms: displume
  2. strip of feathers“pull a chicken”“pluck the capon”Synonyms: pluckpullteardeplumatedisplume
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Deplume \De*plume"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deplumed; p. pr. & vb. n. Depluming.] [LL. deplumare; L. de- + plumare to cover with feathers, pluma feather: cf. deplumis featherless, and F. d['e]plumer.]

1.To strip or pluck off the feather of; to deprive of of plumage. [1913 Webster]

On the depluming of the pope every bird had his own feather.— Fuller.[1913 Webster]

2.To lay bare; to expose. [1913 Webster]

The exposure and depluming of the leading humbugs of the age.— De Quincey.[1913 Webster]
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