Deplume /(?)/

De·plume

Deplume

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Deplumed; p. pr. & vb. n. Depluming

  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.
  2. To lay bare; to expose.
    The exposure and depluming of the leading humbugs of the age.