v (transitive|archaic) To strip (someone who has been killed or defeated) of their arms or armour. (defdate|from 14th c.)
v (transitive|archaic) To strip or deprive (someone) of their possessions; to rob, despoil. (defdate|from 14th c.)
v (transitive) To ruin; to damage (something) in some way making it unfit for use. (defdate|from 16th c.)
v (transitive) To ruin the character of, by overindulgence; to coddle or pamper to excess. (defdate|from 17th c.)
v (transitive) To render (a ballot paper) invalid by deliberately defacing it. (defdate|from 19th c.)
v (transitive) To reveal the ending of (a story etc.); to ruin (a surprise) by exposing it ahead of time.
n (uncountable) Material (such as rock or earth) removed in the course of an excavation, or in mining or dredge|dredging. tailings|Tailings.