dehorn Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb prevent the growth of horns of certain animals
  2. verb take the horns off (an animal)

WordNet

De*horn" transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Dehorned ; present participle & verbal noun Dehorning
Definitions
  1. To deprive of horns; to prevent the growth or the horns of (cattle) by burning their ends soon after they start. See Dishorn. "Dehorning cattle." Farm Journal (1886).

Webster 1913