De*cor"ti*cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decorticated; p. pr. & vb. n. Decorticating.] [L. decorticatus, p. p. of decorticare to bark; de- + cortex bark.]
To divest of the bark, husk, or exterior coating; to husk; to peel; to hull.
"Great barley dried and
decorticated."
Arbuthnot.
© Webster 1913.