unstep
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Etymology
Origin of unstep
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This is used to unstep and eventually restep the mast.
From Time Magazine Archive
“You must look out sharp to shift the sheet when I tell you, and unstep the mast, if necessary, the very moment I say, mind!”
From Picked up at Sea The Gold Miners of Minturne Creek by John C. (John Conroy) Hutcheson
And get this boat out of the way and unstep her mast!
From Three Dramas by R. Farquharson (Robert Farquharson) Sharp
At length the branches extended so far across the passage that we were compelled to unstep the mast in order to pass under them.
From The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco by Perat
They had only to unstep its mast and lie flat in the cup of its soggy platform and they could not be spied half a mile away.
From Where the Pavement Ends by John Russell
When they unstepped their sweeps, lifted out their shells, put on their clothes, the Bachelors' Barge Club of Philadelphia had won the Barnes trophy for the club championship.
From Time Magazine Archive
He unstepped the mast and furled the sail and tied it.
From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway
When Big John, aided by Ah Moy and Kwaque, lowered the sail and unstepped the mast, titters and laughter arose from the passengers.
From Michael, Brother of Jerry by Jack London
Close in now Bompard let go the sheet and they unstepped the mast, the boat rocking in the trough of the swell.
From The Beach of Dreams by H. De Vere (Henry De Vere) Stacpoole
The masts were unstepped and hidden in a place by themselves.
From The Banner Boy Scouts Snowbound A Tour on Skates and Iceboats by George A. Warren
This we accomplished, and lowering our sail, and unstepping our mast, we got close in under the trees.
From The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco by Perat
We should fetch it with one tack, and by unstepping our masts very probably the boat will not be seen, or our hut either, unless the Frenchmen narrowly examine the island.”
From The Rival Crusoes by William Henry Giles Kingston
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