transitive. To strip of feathers; to pluck the feathers off.

transitive. To strip of feathers; to unplume.

transitive. To pluck (the feathers) from a bird. Also figurative. Obsolete.

transitive. To strip of plumes or feathers. Also in figurative contexts (cf. sense 2).

(un-, prefix2 affix 1b.)

(See quot. 1604.)

To strip of plumes; = deplume, v. 1.

transitive. To pluck the feathers from. Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To pluck; to strip of feathers, wool, etc. Frequently figurative: to rob or plunder, to fleece; (also) to scold.