debark

From French débarquer, from de- (Old French des-) + barque (“bark, small ship”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɪˈbɑːk/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /di.bɑɹk/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k

debark (third-person singular simple present debarks, present participle debarking, simple past and past participle debarked)

1. (transitive) To unload goods from an aircraft or ship.
2. (intransitive) To disembark.

de- +‎ bark (“covering of tree”)

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /diːˈbɑːk/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /di.bɑɹk/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k

debark (third-person singular simple present debarks, present participle debarking, simple past and past participle debarked)

1. (transitive, forestry) To remove the bark from a tree, especially one that has been felled.
   • 1975, Storm Data, page 18:

     Lightning completely debarked a large oak tree and set fire to a mattress of [an] adjacent home; […]

   • 2006, Tibor Horváth, Understanding Lightning and Lightning Protection: A Multimedia Teaching Guide, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 57:

     On these photographs, the wide strips can be seen debarked from a horse chestnut tree (left) and from a poplar (right). This seems to be typical for trees with high moisture content.

• debarker

de- +‎ bark (“(of a dog) make the noise”)

debark (third-person singular simple present debarks, present participle debarking, simple past and past participle debarked)

1. (transitive, veterinary medicine) To devocalize (a dog).

• Drabek, barked, bedark, braked