De-plūme', v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. DEPLUMED; p. pr. & vb. n. DEPLUMING.] [Fr. déplumer, L. Lat. deplumare, from Lat. de and plumare, to cover with feathers, from pluma, feather, down, deplumis, featherless; Pr. deplumar; Sp. & Pg. desplumar; It. spiumare.]
Sense 1. To strip or pluck off the feathers of; to deprive of plumage.
On the depluming of the pope every bird had his own feather. Fuller.
Sense 2. To lay bare; to expose.
The exposure and depluming of the leading humbugs of the age. De Quincey.