Unharness

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    to remove the harness from a horse etc. transitive
  2. 2
    remove the harness from wordnet
  3. 3
    to liberate broadly, transitive

Example

More examples

"Anne ushered her guests to the spare room and thence into the parlour, where she left them while she hastened out to help Priscilla unharness her horse."

Etymology

From un- + harness.

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