deplume Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb strip of honors, possessions, or attributes
    displume.
  2. verb strip of feathers
    deplumate; pull; tear; pluck; displume.
    • pull a chicken
    • pluck the capon

WordNet

De*plume" transitive verb
Etymology
LL. deplumare; L. de- + plumare to cover with feathers, pluma feather: cf. deplumis featherless, and F. déplumer.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Deplumed ; present participle & verbal noun Depluming
Definitions
  1. To strip or pluck off the feather of; to deprive of of plumage.
    On the depluming of the pope every bird had his own feather. Fuller.
  2. To lay bare; to expose.
    The exposure and depluming of the leading humbugs of the age. De Quincey.

Webster 1913