What is "deplume"

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.

vb. 1 (context transitive English) To strip of feathers or plumage. 2 (context transitive figuratively English) To lay bare; to expose.

1. v. strip of honors, possessions, or attributes [syn: displume]

2. strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon" [syn: pluck, pull, tear, deplumate, displume]