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Debark

//dɪˈbɑːk// verb

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To unload goods from an aircraft or ship. transitive
  2. 2
    To remove the bark from a tree, especially one that has been felled. transitive

    "Lightning completely debarked a large oak tree and set fire to a mattress of [an] adjacent home; […]"

  3. 3
    To devocalize (a dog). transitive
  4. 4
    go ashore wordnet
  5. 5
    To disembark. intransitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From French débarquer, from de- (Old French des-) + barque (“bark, small ship”).

Etymology 2

From de- + bark (“covering of tree”).

Etymology 3

From de- + bark (“(of a dog) make the noise”).

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