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dépouille — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • booty noun Valuable goods taken by force, especially loot seized in war or piracy.
  • deprived adj Lacking the basic necessities or comforts most people have; disadvantaged.
  • pelt noun The skin of an animal, especially with the fur or hair still attached.
  • rake noun A garden tool with a row of teeth on a long handle, used to gather leaves or debris or to smooth soil.
  • remains noun The parts of something that are left after most of it has gone or been destroyed.
  • spoil verb To ruin something, making it unusable, unpleasant, or less enjoyable.
  • unadorned adj Having no additional decoration or embellishment; plain and simple

Senses

dépouille is used for these senses in English:

  • deprived Subject to deprivation; poor.
  • pelt The skin of an animal with the hair or wool on; either a raw or undressed hide, or a skin preserved with the hair or wool on it (sometimes worn as a garment with minimal modification).
  • rake (specifically) In full, angle of rake or rake angle: the angle between the edge or face of a tool (especially a cutting tool) and a plane (usually one perpendicular to the object that the tool is being applied to).
  • remains The body or any of its matter that are left after a person (or any organism) dies; a corpse.
  • spoil (Also in plural: spoils) Plunder taken from an enemy or victim.
  • unadorned Having no additional decoration or embellishment; plain and simple

booty — full definition

  1. noun Valuable goods taken by force, especially loot seized in war or piracy.
  2. noun Informal: the buttocks.

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