debone

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English bone English debone From de- + bone.

1. To remove the bones from.

   “I am deboning a fish.”

   “Down it went on the counter, for patient bone removal that would last him a whole day. Frank had done an awful lot of deboning in his life”