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 withdrawn from a block, thimble, etc.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

Example Sentences

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unrove

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

That fellow swam off to the coaster—five hundred yards or so—with the end of a warp made up of all the running gear unrove for the purpose.

From Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad

To guard against the possibility of any of the party being swept away by the undertow, the halliards had been unrove and were used as a life-line.

From The Wireless Officer by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman

We bent all our spare lines; we unrove sheets and halyards; we used our two-inch hawser; we fastened lines part way up the mast, half way up, and everywhere else. 

From A Collection of Stories by Jack London

Tidy unrove the halliards, and made several attempts to heave the end on board the boat.

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