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 withdrawn from a block, thimble, etc.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

A few stifled rats were found; and what bugs, cockroaches, fleas, and other vermin, there might have been on board, must have unrove their life-lines before the hatches were opened.

From Two Years Before the Mast by Dana, Richard Henry

A few stifled rats were found; and what bugs, cockroaches, fleas, and other vermin there might have been on board must have unrove their life-lines before the hatches were opened.

From Two Years Before the Mast by Dana, Richard Henry

Already a man had unrove the fore-signal-halyards, the sailors raised a shout and the coiled rope was thrown.

From The Tale of Timber Town by Grace, Alfred A. (Alfred Augustus)

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 Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

The light canvas of the Coquette was taken in, the studding-sail-gear unrove, and the booms secured.

From The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas by Cooper, James Fenimore