Disharness
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 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
More examples"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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