dē-lī^bro

I. perf., ātum, āre, v. a. 3. liber, to take off the rind or bark, to peel: arborem, Col. 5, 11, 10: radicem, id. 5, 6, 9: corticem, id. 4, 24, 6; 5, 11, 1: ramum, Pall. Febr. 17, 7. In Lucr. 3, 1088, the true reading is delibare (q. v.).