disleaf

transitive verb

dis·​leaf

variants or disleave

dəs,

(ˈ)dis+

disleafed or disleaved; disleafed or disleaved; disleafing or disleaving; disleafs or disleaves

archaic

: to remove the leaves from : strip of leaves

the cankerworm that annually disleaved the elms

—J. R. Lowell

Word History

Etymology

dis- entry 1 + leaf (noun)

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