unrove

How to use unrove in a sentence

• Bascomb, in spite of his temper over the giving out of the horse, knelt beside the animal and unrove the cinches.

  Motor Matt's "Century" Run | Stanley R. Matthews

• In a minute she had unrove them, and the long line lay in a little pile at her feet.

  The Two Admirals | J. Fenimore Cooper

• The top-sails and courses were kept bent to the yards, the sheets being unrove, and the clews tucked in.

  The World of Ice | R.M. Ballantyne

• Sometimes the halyards are unrove from the yard-arm and rounded up to the span-block, with a knot in their end.

  The Seaman's Friend | Richard Henry Dana

• Gear that had parted was left unrove; for a panic-stricken crew cannot be bullied or coerced.

  The Grain Ship | Morgan Robertson