Unplume

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To strip of plumes or feathers. transitive

    ""If I unplume and unjewel my cap," said the youth, tearing off, as he spoke, the feather and brooch that were its ornaments, and dashing them to the earth, […]"

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plume

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""If I unplume and unjewel my cap," said the youth, tearing off, as he spoke, the feather and brooch that were its ornaments, and dashing them to the earth, […]"

Etymology

From un- + plume.

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