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Moult

//moʊlt// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    The process of shedding or losing a covering of fur, feathers or skin etc.

    "Some birds change colour during their winter moult."

  2. 2
    periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles wordnet
  3. 3
    The skin or feathers cast off during the process of moulting.
Verb
  1. 1
    To shed or lose a covering of hair or fur, feathers, skin, horns, etc, and replace it with a fresh one. intransitive
  2. 2
    cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers wordnet
  3. 3
    To shed in such a manner. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English mouten, from Old English *mutian (cf. bemutian), from Latin mūtō, mūtāre. Doublet of mute and mutate. Un-etymological ⟨l⟩ was introduced into the spelling by mistakenly assuming a French origin with -l- (compare fault, vault and solder with correctly restored etymological ⟨l⟩).

Etymology 2

From Middle English mouten, from Old English *mutian (cf. bemutian), from Latin mūtō, mūtāre. Doublet of mute and mutate. Un-etymological ⟨l⟩ was introduced into the spelling by mistakenly assuming a French origin with -l- (compare fault, vault and solder with correctly restored etymological ⟨l⟩).

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