decrustation rare—0.
(diːkrʌˈsteɪʃən)
[n. of action f. L. dēcrust-āre to peel off (an outer layer or crust), f. de- I. 6 + crusta crust, crustāre to crust: see -ation.]
The removal of a crust or incrustation.
| 1611 Cotgr., Decrustation, a decrustation, or vncrusting; a paring away of the vppermost part, or outmost rind. 1656 in Blount Glossogr. 1658 in Phillips. 1721 in Bailey; and in mod. Dicts. 1882 in Syd. Soc. Lex. |