Ungirth
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 To unfasten or remove a girth or belt from.
"Suffice it that the Lord Abbot had ordered these, our zealous and faithful vassals, instantly to set forth to guard thee from imminent peril–Ye may ungirth your horses, children, and dismiss; and, tomorrow, each who was at this rendezvous may send to the convent kitchen for a quarter of a yard of roastbeef, and a black-jack full of double ale."
Example
More examples"Suffice it that the Lord Abbot had ordered these, our zealous and faithful vassals, instantly to set forth to guard thee from imminent peril–Ye may ungirth your horses, children, and dismiss; and, tomorrow, each who was at this rendezvous may send to the convent kitchen for a quarter of a yard of roastbeef, and a black-jack full of double ale."
Etymology
From un- + girth.
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