unplume

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ plume.

Verb

unplume (third-person singular simple present unplumes, present participle unpluming, simple past and past participle unplumed)

  1. (transitive) To strip of plumes or feathers.
    • 1841, Blackwood's Lady's Magazine, volume X, page 306:
      "If I unplume and unjewel my cap," said the youth, tearing off, as he spoke, the feather and brooch that were its ornaments, and dashing them to the earth, […]
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