unbitted

[uhn-bit-id]

adjective

1. not bitted or bridled.

2. not controlled.

Word History and Origins

Origin of unbitted¹

First recorded in 1580–90; un- ¹ + bit ¹ ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

The pleasaunce was deep and beautiful, and the lad unbitted his horse, loosened the saddle, and let him graze; then he threw himself down beneath the shelter of a tree, and in that sweet and peaceful place presently fell sound asleep.

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The horses were still saddled, though with loosened girths, but had been unbitted, and were busily munching at the hay spread before them on the pavement.

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He unbitted both the horses, loosened the girths of their heavy saddles, and clothing them as well as he might with the spare mantello and their own housings, fed them copiously with meal that had been brought along.

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As soon as the cable was unbitted, "Heave round!" was the cry from the lower-deck.

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And then comes the last sentiment:— “Our raging motions, our carnal stings, our unbitted lusts, whereof I take this, that you call—love, to be a sect or scion!”

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