delibration

English

Etymology

From de- +‎ Latin liber (“bark”) +‎ -ation.

Noun

delibration (countable and uncountable, plural delibrations)

1. (obsolete, uncountable, forestry) The act of stripping off bark.
   • 1966, Timber Statistics for Europe - Volume 19:

     Coniferous and broadleaved wood destined for delibration or pulping by mechanical, chemical or combined means.

2. Obsolete form of deliberation.

References

• “delibration”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.