deplume

verb /diːˈpluːm/

1. To strip of feathers or plumage.

   transitive

   On the depluming of the pope every bird had his own feather.

2. To lay bare; to expose.

   figuratively, transitive

   the exposure and depluming […] of the leading humbugs of the age

3. To condense excess water vapor from the flue gas.

Where it comes from

From French déplumer, from Latin dēplūmō, from dē- + plūmō (“to cover with feathers”), from plūma (“feather”). Compare dēplūmis (“featherless”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry deplume (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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