The Collaborative International Dictionary
Excorticate
Excorticate \Ex*cor"ti*cate\, v. t. [L. ex out, from + cortex,
corticis, bark.]
To strip of bark or skin; to decorticate. [Obs.]
``Excorticate the tree.''
--Evelyn.
Wiktionary
excorticate
vb. (context obsolete English) To strip of bark or skin.