See Also: peeled(dictionary)

peeled (iou)



peeled adjective. [pi:ld] LME.
[from PEEL verb1 + -ED1.]
Bald; tonsured. Long rare or obsolete. LME.
Plundered, reduced to destitution. obsolete exc. as passing into fig. use of sense 3 or 4. E16.
Without the usual or natural covering; bare; transf. beggarly, wretched. E16.
Stripped of peel, skin, bark, etc. E18.
Phrases: keep an eye peeled, keep one's eye(s) peeled: see EYE noun. scattered and peeled [Isaiah 18:2 (AV)] dispersed, destroyed.