unplait

Historical Examples

• Joanna is coming, too, only she had first some flax to unplait.

  The Bow of Orange Ribbon

  Amelia E. Barr

• He wildly desired to unplait that thick soft hair and bury his face in it—he longed to hold her to his heart.

  The Career of Katherine Bush

  Elinor Glyn

• The messengers told him their errand and he at once said, “O yes, I can help you,” and began to unplait his hair.

  Myths of the Cherokee

  James Mooney

• You could almost untie the knots of those girdles, unplait almost the long braided tresses of those mystic queens.

  The Story of Chartres

  Cecil Headlam