1to peel, remove the bark of:
(
c.1300;
MS: s.xivm
)
En verges Jacob partie decorcee, De lettre est hors tret moralité
1563
(
c.1334;
MS: s.xivm
)
Jacob lour mist devant les yewes verges [...] q’il deschorcha
19.3
♦
to skin:
(
s.xivin;
MS: s.xivm
)
Tost fust le asne tuee e deschorchee, overt et defet
176
2to fleece, rob:
(
1267;
MS: c.1300
)
Mes si il
(=lord) tele gent entur li tient Ki descorchent la gent e destruent […]
4269
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