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 withdrawn from a block, thimble, etc.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 top-sails and courses were kept bent to the yards, the sheets being unrove, and the clews tucked in.

From The World of Ice by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

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)

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 Durden, James

At a short distance from the city were moored several large ships, their masts struck, their rigging unrove, deserted by their crews, and some by their officers likewise.

From A Voyage round the World A book for boys by Kingston, William Henry Giles

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

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