excortication

English

Etymology

Compare French excortication.

Noun

excortication (usually uncountable, plural excortications)

The act of stripping off bark, or a similar structure
The state of being stripped of bark, or something similar.

Synonyms

decortication

Related terms

excorticate

References

“excortication”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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