excortication
English
Etymology
Compare French excortication.
Noun
excortication (usually uncountable, plural excortications)
- The act of stripping off bark, or a similar structure
- The state of being stripped of bark, or something similar.
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References
- “excortication”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.