unlade

American  

[uhn-leyd] / 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

Example Sentences

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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

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

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown

A sailor who loves voyaging may say, when weather-bound, "Here rest, unlade the ship, sleep on this grassy bank."

From The Poetry Of Robert Browning by Stopford A. (Stopford Augustus) Brooke

At noonday hosts of heavy baskets unlade their toothsome freight, and a merry feast is seasoned with Attic salt.

From A New Atmosphere by Gail Hamilton

Where would they at last unlade the groaning camels?

From The Garden of Allah by Robert Smythe Hichens

Thereupon, since the entrance of the bay was unoccupied, they sent for the almiranta, which had put in and had been unladed.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 19 of 55 1620-1621 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 James Alexander Robertson

A paved area, very wide, is included within the walls; and along the edge of the quays are ranges of iron sheds, intended as a temporary shelter for the goods unladed from the shipping.

From Redburn. His First Voyage by Herman Melville

It was then past three o'clock, and the Tartars unladed their houses near a certain water.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 01 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Robert Kerr

It was into the Bosom of this Maid, that the Princess unladed her first Moans; and the charming Agnes forgot nothing that might give ease to her afflicted Heart.

From The Works of Aphra Behn Volume V by Montague Summers

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

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

In a court which he showed us, he had a raised octagonal fish pond, and in his porch his people were unlading ponies of bales of merchandise.

From From Edinburgh to India & Burmah by W. G. (William Gordon) Burn Murdoch

Every one was now busily employed in unlading the Windward, and bringing to land the supplies of provisions, coal, reindeer-moss, and other such things which it had brought for the expedition.

From Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 by Fridtjof Nansen

People employed in unlading vessels, carrying bales of goods, &c.

From Inkle and Yarico An opera, in three acts by George Colman

At Tonga she was detained a week and more; unlading and taking in stores.

From The Old Helmet, Volume II by Susan Warner