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
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
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
“Get off your horse and unsaddle him,” commanded Rathburn sternly.
From The Coyote A Western Story by James Roberts
When we dismounted," said the man who related to me the story, "Colonel Morgan gave his horse to Ben Drake, requesting him to unsaddle and feed him.
From History of Morgan's Cavalry by Basil Wilson Duke
Sweat, the Pulitzer prize-winning play by Lynn Nottage, heralded the Trump era even before he had unsaddled himself at the doors of the White House.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 6, 2020
Into a Hot Spot collapsed after being unsaddled following the race.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 15, 2019
One broke down and the other collapsed while being unsaddled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2019
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
The Horses, without waiting to be unsaddled, lay down at once.
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
Harvey and Lansing, evidently just in from a day's lucrative trading, were unsaddling and busy over their pack animals.
From The Night Operator by Frank L. (Frank Lucius) Packard
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