Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—E

Ecorcheurs

Freebooters of the twelfth century, in France; so called because they stripped their victims of everything, even their clothes. (French, écorcher, to flay.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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