unplume
English
Etymology
un- + plume
Verb
unplume (third-person singular simple present unplumes, present participle unpluming, simple past and past participle unplumed)
- (transitive) To strip of plumes or feathers.
- (transitive, by extension) To humiliate.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for unplume in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)