dépouille, depouillé

la dépouille, depouillé (FR N-F) spoils; the skin removed from animals; the molting of snakes and certain insects; the human body after death; what is taken from the enemy after defeat. (ADJ) leafless; denuded; plain, without ornament. First appears in French in 1190 spelled despuoille, from Latin despoliare. (Moréas, Ronsard)