deplumate

• Verbe vieilli ou rare signifiant plumer ou retirer les plumes d'un oiseau.

An obsolete verb meaning to pluck or remove feathers from a bird.

1. Strip of feathersC2formal

   To remove feathers from a bird, typically as part of preparation for cooking or taxidermy.

   Plumer un oiseau

   • The chef carefully deplumated the chicken before roasting it.
   • In taxidermy, one must deplumate the bird before preserving the skin.
   • The farmer deplumated the geese for their down feathers.

   Synonymesdisplumepluck

   Antonymesfeatherplume