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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From dis- + bark.
Verb
disbark (third-person singular simple present disbarks, present participle disbarking, simple past and past participle disbarked)
- (transitive) To strip (a tree, etc.) of bark.
- Synonyms: bark, excorticate
1663, Robert Boyle, “An Appendix Containing Some Promiscuous Experiments & Observations Relating to the Precedent History of Cold. ”, in New Experiments and Observations Touching Cold, or, An Experimental History of Cold, Begun. , London: Richard Davis, , published 1683, →OCLC, paragraph 2, page 24:Lieutenant G. Drummon confirm'd what others had told me, of the great noiſe, like the diſcharge of Muskets, that they hear in the wooden houſes, whoſe Walls are made of Fir-trees (unſquar'd, and only diſbark'd,) upon very intenſe Froſts; […]
Etymology 2
From Middle French desbarquer, from des- + barque.
Verb
disbark (third-person singular simple present disbarks, present participle disbarking, simple past and past participle disbarked)
- (obsolete) To disembark.
1725–1726, Homer, “Book 9”, in [William Broome, Elijah Fenton, Alexander Pope], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. , London: Bernard Lintot, →OCLC:The ship we moor on these obscure abodes; / Disbark the sheep, an offering to the gods
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