unbaring

Verb

unbare (third-person singular simple present unbares, present participle unbaring, simple past and past participle unbared)

1. (transitive) To lay bare; to expose.
   • When iron-stone is found near the surface, it is only necessary to unbare the soil and the super-incumbent earths: the stone then presents itself like a pavement more or less inclined, and is easily raised by the application of wedges, bars, &c.1840, David Mushet, Papers on Iron and Steel, practical and experimental

   Synonyms:

   strip, uncover