doffing [
'dɔfiŋ]
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Doff \Doff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Doffed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Doffing}.] [Do + off. See {Do}, v. t., 7.]
1. To put off, as dress; to divest one's self of; hence,
figuratively, to put or thrust away; to rid one's self of.
And made us doff our easy robes of peace. -- Shak.
At night, or in the rain,
He dons a surcoat which he doffs at morn. --
Emerson.
2. To strip; to divest; to undress.
Heaven's King, who doffs himself our flesh to wear.
-- Crashaw.
- The marching band at Grand Junction Central High School has gotten cold feet over doffing their footwear and hot-footing it across a bed of burning coals this month.