noun
- Plural of decorticator; machines or devices that remove the bark, husk, or outer layer from plant material such as fiber crops, seeds, or wood.
Usage: technical; industrial
Examples
- The factory installed new decorticators to process coconut fiber more efficiently.
- Modern decorticators can separate the outer layer from flax stems in a single operation.
- Agricultural decorticators have greatly reduced the labor required for fiber preparation.
- The decorticators in the mill removed the bark from the logs before pulping.