unrove

[ uhn-rohv ]

verb (used with or without object)

1. simple past tense and past participle of unreeve.

adjective

1. withdrawn from a block, thimble, etc.

Word History and Origins

Origin of unrove¹

First recorded in 1900–05, for the adjective

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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