unlade

American  

[uhn-layd] / ʌnˈleɪd /

verb (used with object)

unladed, unlading

1. to take the lading, load, or cargo from; unload.

2. to discharge (a load or cargo).

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verb (used without object)

unladed, unlading

1. to discharge a load or cargo.

unlade British  

/ ʌnˈleɪd /

verb

1. a less common word for unload

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Etymology

Origin of unlade

First recorded in 1350–1400, unlade is from the Middle English word unladen. See un- ², lade

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

unlade unladed unlading

If I had been at Oxford this term I should probably have rushed off to Hull to unlade fish.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 5, 2010

And heare's a place, Though neather of the secretest nor the best, To unlade myself of this Iniquity.

From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 4 by A. H. (Arthur Henry) Bullen

Swift at the word descending to the shores, They moor the vessel and unlade the stores: Then, moving from the strand, apart they sate, And full and frequent form'd a dire debate.

From The Odyssey by Alexander Pope

Here they found a ship about to sail into Phœnicia, and going on board, they passed near the isle of Cyprus, and finally landed at Tyre, "for there the ship was to unlade her burden."

From "Granny's Chapters" (on scriptural subjects) by Lady Mary Ross

Common Version: "For there the ship was to unlade her burden."

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown

Dan should by this time have been at sea, but his ship being still in the docks when the plague broke out remained yet unladed.

From The Sign of the Red Cross by Evelyn Everett-Green

Lolonois sent the vessel presently to Tortuga to be unladed, with orders to return as soon as possible to Savona, where he would wait for them.

From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 by Frederick Whymper

And so they went down unto the sea in ships,—even in a steam-ship,—sailing to the Havana, where she was unladed of her burden.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

We made Marseilles and unladed, and were held there a fortnight.

From 1492 by Mary Johnston

When unladed at Babylon, the air is let out of the skins, which are then laid on the backs of camels and carried back to serve for another voyage.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 by Robert Kerr

Sam burst into tears, and fumbled with the straps, unlading all the pony’s packs and throwing them on the ground.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

She had needed no repairs, and her unlading and relading in Baltimore had been executed with the greatest despatch.

From The Fatal Cord And The Falcon Rover by Mayne Reid

The inhabitants of Marblehead offered to the Boston merchants the use of their harbours, wharfs, and warehouses, together with their personal services in lading and unlading goods, free of all expense.

From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 by Frederick Whymper

But even then the unlading was delayed two days by calms which prevented the vessel from coming nearer than several miles from the shore.

From The Niagara River by Archer Butler Hulbert

It was not a very logical explanation after what he had just been unlading into me.

From Deep Moat Grange by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett

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