displume Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb strip of honors, possessions, or attributes
    deplume.
  2. verb strip of feathers
    deplumate; pull; tear; pluck; deplume.
    • pull a chicken
    • pluck the capon

WordNet

Dis*plume" transitive verb
Etymology
Pref. dis- + plume: cf. OF. desplumer, F. déplumer.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Displumed ; present participle & verbal noun Displuming
Definitions
  1. To strip of, or as of, a plume, or plumes; to deprive of decoration; to dishonor; to degrade.
    Displumed, degraded, and metamorphosed. Burke.

Webster 1913