ungird
Americanverb (used with object)
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to loosen or remove a girdle or belt from.
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to loosen or remove by unfastening a belt.
to ungird a sword.
Etymology
Origin of ungird
before 900; Middle English ungirden, Old English ungyrdan; see un- 2, gird 1; cognate with German entgürten
Example Sentences
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It may be that I did o'erprize, Above the Giver, that rare gift, Ungird my will for softer ties, And hold my manhood little thrift To woman's eyes.
From Fringilla: Some Tales In Verse by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)
Ungird, un-gėrd′, v.t. to free from a girdle or band: to unbind.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Ungird your belt; then you will be able to eat and drink more.
From The Knights of the Cross or, Krzyzacy by Binion, Samuel A.
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