transitive. To strip or despoil (a dead or helpless person); esp. to strip (a defeated or slain enemy) of arms and armour. (Cf. 6) Now archaic.

transitive. To take arms or weaponry away from, esp. in order to prevent combat or attack; to deprive of arms or weaponry. Cf. arms, n. 2.

To deprive of arms or armour; to disarm.

transitive. To deprive of a weapon or weapons.

transitive. To deprive of weapons; to disarm. Also figurative.

To strip (a person, body, etc.) of arms, clothes, or the like. (Cf. sense 1.) Also reflexive. Now archaic.