Disharness

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To take off one's armor; to strip off one's armor.

    "Arrived there, Edwald had himself disharnessed: he placed all the pieces of his fair bright armour carefully together, with a kind exactness, almost as if he were burying a beloved friend that was dead. Then he beckoned his squires[…]"

Example

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"Arrived there, Edwald had himself disharnessed: he placed all the pieces of his fair bright armour carefully together, with a kind exactness, almost as if he were burying a beloved friend that was dead. Then he beckoned his squires[…]"

Etymology

From Middle English disharneisen, or dis- + harness.

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