disroof

English

Etymology

From dis- +‎ roof.

Verb

disroof (third-person singular simple present disroofs, present participle disroofing, simple past and past participle disroofed)

1. (transitive) To unroof; to remove the roof.
   • 1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume III (The Guillotine), London: James Fraser, […], →OCLC, book V (Terror the Order of the Day), page 340:

     Ghastly châteaus stare on you by the wayside; disroofed, diswindowed[.]

References

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