Middle English Dictionary Entry
dēplūmen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | dēplūmen v. |
| Etymology | ML & OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To strip (a goose) of feathers; strip the web from (a feather).
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)124a/a : Als longe be it lefte in þe sonne vnto þat a feþer yput yn be deplumed [L depiletur] when it is drawen out.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)1.698 : And twie a yeer deplumed may they [geese] be.