ungird

[ uhn-gurd ]

verb (used with object)

, un·gird·ed or un·girt, un·gird·ing.

1. to loosen or remove a girdle or belt from.
2. to loosen or remove by unfastening a belt:

   to ungird a sword.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ungird¹

before 900; Middle English ungirden, Old English ungyrdan; un- ², gird ¹; cognate with German entgürten

Example Sentences

For on retiring they ungird the sack, and the part which they doubled about the knees they put up to the head.

From Project Gutenberg

Uncover your heads, ungird your garments and cast the bones of your mother behind you.

From Project Gutenberg