[f. prec.: see -ATION. Cf. F. excortication.] The action of stripping off or peeling the bark (from a tree).
1664. Evelyn, Sylva (1776), 517. The prejudice accruing thereby as to the Tanner in regard of the more difficult Excortication.
1725. Bradley, Fam. Dict., s.v. Infirmities of trees, Excortication and Bark-Baring.
