debarnacle

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English

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Etymology

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From de- +‎ barnacle.

Verb

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debarnacle (third-person singular simple present debarnacles, present participle debarnacling, simple past and past participle debarnacled)

  1. (transitive) To remove the barnacles from.
    to debarnacle a ship's hull
    • 1951, Fortnight: The Newsmagazine of California, page 27:
      Barnacle-loaded ships bypass dry-docking by sailing into the freshwater lake, which debarnacles them automatically.

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