n.
Pronunciation: ' pil
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English pilen, pillen, partly from Old English pilian to peel, partly from Anglo-French piler to rob
Date: 12th century
intransitive verb dialect chiefly English : to come off in flakes or scales : PEEL
transitive verb
1 archaic : to subject to depredation or extortion
2 dialect : to peel or strip off