deplume
verb/diːˈpluːm/
Etymology From French déplumer, from Latin dēplūmō, from dē- + plūmō (“to cover with feathers”), from plūma (“feather”). Compare dēplūmis (“featherless”).
1
To strip of feathers or plumage.
- On the depluming of the pope every bird had his own feather.1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):
- Before the birds are cut and quartered by the butchers they must be totally deplumed.2012, Ócha'ni Lele, Sacrificial Ceremonies of Santería:
2
Figuratively To lay bare; to expose.
- the exposure and depluming […] of the leading humbugs of the agec. 1841, Thomas De Quincey, Libellous Attacks...:
3
To condense excess water vapor from the flue gas.
- Derived terms
- deplumation