undeck

Verb

undeck (third-person singular simple present undecks, present participle undecking, simple past and past participle undecked)

1. (transitive) To remove ornaments from; to strip.
   • Nay, if I turn mine eyes upon myself I find myself a traitor with the rest, For I have given here my soul's consent T'undeck the pompous body of a king, Made glory base and sovereignty a slave, Proud majesty a subject, state a peasant1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to...
   • but Eve Undeck'd save with herself , more lovely fair Than wood-nymph, or the fairest goddess feign'd Of three that in mount Ida naked strove , Stood to' entertain her guest from heav'n;1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost
2. To clear from a deck or storage area.
   • It also unloads logs, decks, undecks, delivers and picks up from the peeling station and, in be- tween, puts a small log between tusks and forks and, using it as a blade, sweeps up bark and debris from the black top into a burning pit.1961, The Lumberman - Volume 88, page 35
   • A modern-day example: a transportability approach that lets you undeck big capacity carrier-mounted liftcranes for between-job moves.1978, Engineering News-record - Volume 200, Part 2, page 35