peel (v.) Copy link Outline I. Trans.II. Intrans. • peel (v.): I. Trans.: Phr.: to p. an apple, *mali cutem s. tunicam resecare, cultello tollere: to p. off the bark of a tree, arborem decorticare, Plin. 16, 41, 80 (perh. better, arbori corticem detrahere); arboris corticem desquamare, id. 23, 7, 70. II. Intrans.: after fever the skin p.s off, *post febres desquamatur corpus; cutis ponitur: the flesh p.s off from the bones, recedunt ab ossibus carnes, Plin. 22, 8, 9.