degarnish

English

Etymology

From French dégarnir. See garnish, and compare disgarnish.

Verb

degarnish (third-person singular simple present degarnishes, present participle degarnishing, simple past and past participle degarnished)

  1. To strip or deprive of entirely, as of furniture, ornaments, etc.; to disgarnish.
    to degarnish a house
  2. To deprive of a garrison, or of troops necessary for defence.
    to degarnish a city or fort
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for degarnish in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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