The Collaborative International Dictionary
Expeditate
Expeditate \Ex*ped"i*tate\, v. t. [LL. expeditatus, p. p. of expeditare to expeditate; ex out + pes, pedis, foot.] (Eng. Forest Laws) To deprive of the claws or the balls of the fore feet; as, to expeditate a dog that he may not chase deer. See also declaw.
Wiktionary
expeditate
vb. (context UK obsolete transitive legal forest law English) To deprive of the claws or the balls of the forefoot.