Hypertext Webster Gateway: "deplume"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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}]
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