The Collaborative International Dictionary
Decorticating
Decorticate \De*cor"ti*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Decorticated; p. pr. & vb. n. Decorticating.] [L.
decorticatus, p. p. of decorticare to bark; de- + cortex
bark.]
To divest of the bark, husk, or exterior coating; to husk; to
peel; to hull. ``Great barley dried and decorticated.''
--Arbuthnot.
Wiktionary
decorticating
vb. (present participle of decorticate English)
Usage examples of "decorticating".
By 1916, USDA Bulletin 404 predicted that a decorticating and harvesting machine would be developed, and hemp would again be America's largest agricultural industry.
In 1938, magazines such as Popular Mechanics, and Mechanical Engineering introduced a new generation of investors to fully operational hemp decorticating devices.