unrove

American  

[uhn-rohv] / ʌnˈroʊv /

verb (used with or without object)

1. simple past tense and past participle of unreeve.

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adjective

1. withdrawn from a block, thimble, etc.

Etymology

Origin of unrove

First recorded in 1900–05, for the adjective

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Example Sentences

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unrove

The topgallant-masts and royal-masts had been sent down; the studding-sail-booms and gear unrove, to lighten the ship as much as possible of all top hamper.

From The South Sea Whaler by William H. C. Groome

Employed when lower yards are struck in bad weather to prevent them from swaying about after the trusses are unrove.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Sir Edward Belcher

I did what was far more likely to prove effectual—I unrove the peak-halliards, cutting them clear with my knife, and fastened one end to the wooden grating over the cabin sky-light.

From Peter Trawl The Adventures of a Whaler by James Durden

The ropes were unrove, the hands were piped down, and the boats returned to their respective ships.

From Will Weatherhelm The Yarn of an Old Sailor by Archibald Webb

In steam vessels, topgallant masts and rigging ready to be sent down and all unnecessary gear unrove.

From Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. by United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ordnance

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