Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To unfurnish; strip of furniture, ornaments, or apparatus: as, to
degarnish a house. - To deprive of a garrison or troops necessary for defense: as, to
degarnish a city or fort.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb rare To strip or deprive of entirely, as of furniture, ornaments, etc.; to disgarnish
- transitive verb rare To deprive of a garrison, or of troops necessary for defense.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To strip or deprive of entirely, as of furniture, ornaments, etc.; to
disgarnish . - verb To deprive of a
garrison , or oftroops necessary fordefence .
Etymologies
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French dégarnir. See garnish, and compare disgarnish.
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