ungird

American  

[uhn-gurd] / ʌnˈgɜrd /

verb (used with object)

ungirded, ungirt, ungirding

1. to loosen or remove a girdle or belt from.

2. to loosen or remove by unfastening a belt.

   to ungird a sword.

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Etymology

Origin of ungird

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

Example Sentences

Then he turned to Zbyszko: "But will you not ungird yourself and sing a little?"

From The Knights of the Cross or, Krzyzacy by Binion, Samuel A.

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

From Myths and Legends of All Nations Famous Stories from the Greek, German, English, Spanish, Scandinavian, Danish, French, Russian, Bohemian, Italian and other sources by Marshall, Logan

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

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 40 of 55 1690-1691 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by Blair, Emma Helen

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

From Famous Tales of Fact and Fancy Myths and Legends of the Nations of the World Retold for Boys and Girls by Marshall, Logan

I prithee now, ungird     thy strangeness, and tell me what I shall vent to my lady.

From Twelfth Night; or What You Will by Shakespeare, William