Found 2 items, similar to Depluming.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: deplume deplume v 1: strip of honors, possessions, or attributes [syn: displume] 2: strip of feathers; “pull a chicken”; “pluck the capon” [syn: pluck, pull, tear, deplumate, displume]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Depluming 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]