verb
- removing feathers or plumes from; stripping of plumage
Usage: present participle of displume; literary or archaic
Examples
- The hunter began displuming the wild turkey after the hunt.
- The bird appeared disheveled, as if someone had been displuming it.
- In the old tale, the witch was displuming the magical swan.
- The taxidermist was carefully displuming the specimen.
- She found herself displuming the chicken for dinner preparation.