beflake

Etymology

From be- + flake.

beflake means to take off an external layer; skin in thin flakes. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 83 out of 100.

verb

To take off an external layer; skin in thin flakes.
To deck or cover with or as with flakes.“For already close at hand the Argive host in full array marches and scours along, and the whitening foam beflakes the plain with drops from the deep breath of the steeds.”