Disbranch
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 To remove a branch or branches. transitive
"There is no tree admits of transplantation so well as the Elm, for a tree of twenty years growth will admit of a remove. Mr. Evelyn says, he has removed them twice as big as a man's waist ; but then they were totally disbranched, the top being left only intire […]"
- 2 To tear away; to break off. intransitive
"She that herself will sliver and disbranch From her material sap, perforce must wither, And come to deadly use."
Example
More examples"There is no tree admits of transplantation so well as the Elm, for a tree of twenty years growth will admit of a remove. Mr. Evelyn says, he has removed them twice as big as a man's waist ; but then they were totally disbranched, the top being left only intire […]"
Etymology
From dis- + branch.
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