Unsaddle

verb

verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To remove a saddle. intransitive, transitive

    "[…] sette him vppe, and tye him in his bridle to the bare Racke, and all to rubbe and chafe him, insomuch that if hee be eyther wette with sweate or any other thing, you leaue hym not till he be as dry as may be, then vnsaddle him, rub hys backe thorowly […]"

  2. 2
    remove the saddle from wordnet
  3. 3
    To throw (a rider) from the saddle. transitive

Synonyms

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breakbuckbuck offbustcashierdeconsecrate

Antonyms

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saddle

Example

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"[…] sette him vppe, and tye him in his bridle to the bare Racke, and all to rubbe and chafe him, insomuch that if hee be eyther wette with sweate or any other thing, you leaue hym not till he be as dry as may be, then vnsaddle him, rub hys backe thorowly […]"

Etymology

From un- + saddle.

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