| 释义 |
despoiling, vbl. n.|dɪˈspɔɪlɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
1. The action of the verb despoil; robbing.
1552Huloet, Despoylinge, despoliatio, spoliatio. 1793Burke Corr. (1844) IV. 143 The despoiling a minister of religion.
†2. Spoil, plunder; esp., the arms or clothes of an enemy, the skin of a beast.
c1374Chaucer Boeth. iv. met. vii. 147 He rafte þe despoylynge fro þe cruel lyoun, þat is to seyne he slouȝ þe lyoun and rafte hym hys skyn. |