unpile

American  

[uhn-pahyl] / ʌnˈpaɪl /

verb (used with object)

unpiled, unpiling

1. to disentangle or remove from a piled condition.

   to unpile boxes.

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verb (used without object)

unpiled, unpiling

1. to become removed or separated from a piled condition.

   The football players unpiled after each play.

Etymology

Origin of unpile

First recorded in 1605–15; un- ² + pile ¹

Example Sentences

"Page," panted Dee, "don't you think Louis had lots of moral courage to go back there where he had so nearly come to grief and take down that rope and unpile those bricks?"

From Tripping with the Tucker Twins by Speed, Nell

The officer brought us to attention and gave the order to unpile arms.

From Over the Top by Empey, Arthur Guy

For the moment, I looked round bewildered; but the report of the pistol had caught the ears of the guard, whom I saw hurrying to unpile their muskets.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 341, March, 1844 by Various

I came flying into this station in marshal's uniform, and before the men had time to unpile arms, I had arrived with only one man with me.

From General Gordon A Christian Hero by Churchill, Seton

I came flying into this station in Marshal's uniform, and before the men had had time to unpile their arms, I had arrived, with only one man with me.

From The Life of Gordon, Volume II by Boulger, Demetrius Charles