a. rare–1. [f. L. excoriā-re (see next) + -BLE.] Capable of being excoriated; that may be rubbed or stripped off.
1658. Sir T. Browne, Gard. Cyrus, iii. 55. Such a natural net is the scaly covering of fishes … even in such as are excoriable and consist of smaller scales, as Bretts, Soals, and Flounders.
