Unsaddle
verb
verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 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 remove the saddle from wordnet
- 3 To throw (a rider) from the saddle. transitive
Example
More examples"[…] 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.