deplume means to strip of feathers or plumage.
deplume is pronounced /diːˈpluːm/.
Etymology
From French déplumer, from Latin dēplūmō, from dē- + plūmō (“to cover with feathers”), from plūma (“feather”). Compare dēplūmis (“featherless”).
verb
- To strip of feathers or plumage.“On the depluming of the pope every bird had his own feather.”
- To lay bare; to expose.“the exposure and depluming […] of the leading humbugs of the age”
- To condense excess water vapor from the flue gas.