disleaf
transitive verb
dis·leaf
variants or disleave
dəs,
(ˈ)dis+
disleafed or disleaved; disleafed or disleaved; disleafing or disleaving; disleafs or disleaves
archaic
: to remove the leaves from : strip of leaves
the cankerworm that annually disleaved the elms
J. R. Lowell
J. R. Lowell
Word History
Etymology
dis- entry 1 + leaf (noun)