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unstep

[ uhn-step ]

verb (used with object)

, un·stepped, un·step·ping.
  1. to lift from its step, as a mast.


unstep

/ ʌnˈstɛp /

verb

  1. tr nautical to remove (a mast) from its step
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of unstep1

First recorded in 1850–55; un- 2 + step
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Example Sentences

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.

At length the branches extended so far across the passage that we were compelled to unstep the mast in order to pass under them.

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