decapillare

decapillare [cf. OF descheveler] , to crop (the hair of). b to scalp. 1290 de prisona ductus fuit ‥ in ferris et ~atus, tanquam priso (CoramR) Law Merch. III 11; CathA (v. decalvare a).  b truncetur ei nasus et aures et superlabrum aut ~etur [AS: do man ‥ hine hœttian] (Quad.) GAS 335 (cf. (Inst. Cnut) ib.: auferatur ‥ corium capitis cum capillis, quod Angli dicunt behœtian).