excorticate

[ eks-kawr-ti-keyt ]
/ ɛksˈkɔr tɪˌkeɪt /

verb (used with object), ex·cor·ti·cat·ed, ex·cor·ti·cat·ing.

Origin of excorticate

1375–1425 for earlier adj. sense; 1650–60 for current sense; late Middle English excorticat hulled < Late Latin excorticātus, past participle of excorticāre to peel. See ex-1, cortex, -ate1