excortication

English

Etymology

Compare French excortication.

Noun

excortication (usually uncountable, plural excortications)

1. The act of stripping off bark, or a similar structure
2. 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.