Deplume
Deplume , transitive verb
[Late Latin deplumare; Latin de- + plumare to cover with feathers, pluma feather: compare deplumis featherless, and French déplumer.]
1.
To strip or pluck off the feather of; to deprive of of plumage.
On the depluming of the pope every bird had his own feather.
2.
To lay bare; to expose.
The exposure and depluming of the leading humbugs of the age.