'Decorticating' definitions:
Definition of 'Decorticating'
From: GCIDE
- Decorticate \De*cor"ti*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decorticated; p. pr. & vb. n. Decorticating.] [L. decorticatus, p. p. of decorticare to bark; de- + cortex bark.] To divest of the bark, husk, or exterior coating; to husk; to peel; to hull. "Great barley dried and decorticated." --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]