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English
Etymology
un- + deck
Verb
undeck (third-person singular simple present undecks, present participle undecking, simple past and past participle undecked)
- (transitive) To divest of ornaments.
1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The life and death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :undeck the pompous body of a king