unsaddle
Americanverb (used with object)
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to take the saddle from.
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to cause to fall or dismount from a saddle; unhorse.
verb (used without object)
verb
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to remove the saddle from (a horse, mule, etc)
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(tr) to unhorse
Etymology
Origin of unsaddle
1350–1400; Middle English unsadelen; see un- 2, saddle; compare Dutch ontsadelen, Old High German intsatalôn
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More interested in the horse squadron, they watched it trot up to 58 truck-trailer combinations, unsaddle, walk its mounts up inclined tail gates, tie them inside.
From Time Magazine Archive
It wasn’t treacherous by any means, but I had to unsaddle him and carry everything across rather than risk it getting wet.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
He heard Carl dismount from his creaking saddle and slap the horse on the side to send it to the barn where Billy would unsaddle it and turn it out.
From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck
He did not anticipate Kershaw's movement or he would not have given the order to unsaddle.
From Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman With Custer's Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the Civil War by Kidd, James Harvey
They then dismount, unsaddle their horses, and turn them loose.
From The Captive in Patagonia by Bourne, Benjamin Franklin
She was unsaddled after the race and vanned off the course.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2019
Until last January, that is, when he climbed aboard Hunt Ball, behind his regular jockey Nick Scholfield, as he returned to be unsaddled after winning a race at Wincanton.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 9, 2012
Some workers reported receiving shocks from the horses as they unsaddled them.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 12, 2011
Within years, Napoleon’s empire was unsaddled and destroyed, a fate shared by its leader, sent into ignominious exile on the island of Saint Helena.
From Salon ● Jan. 6, 2011
Both the children unsaddled their horses and the horses had a little grass and Aravis produced rather nice things to eat from her saddlebag.
From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis
Cecil's eloquence did not desert him in the Ascot unsaddling enclosure, however, after Frankel provided the perfect grand finale with victory in Saturday's Champion Stakes on soft going he clearly did not relish.
From Reuters ● Oct. 21, 2012
However the race was marred by the fatal collapse of Private Be, who had finished third, on the walk back to the unsaddling enclosure.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 21, 2010
Having remounted Kauto Star, Walsh rode back to the unsaddling area on Kauto Star.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 19, 2010
The stable was loud and busy again, with servants unsaddling horses, feeding and brushing them.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
Tossing my turban-less cap into the air, alone in the wild wood, I hurraed with bursting exultation, and unsaddling my steed, sank, exhausted with delight, beside the noble prize that I had won.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 by Various
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