unswathe
[ uhn-swoth, -sweyth ]
/ ʌnˈswɒð, -ˈsweɪð /
verb (used with object), un·swathed, un·swath·ing.
to free from something that swathes: to unswath the child of her bandages.
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Example sentences from the Web for unswathe
This lamentation caused Joshua to unswathe the bandage about his eyes and he groaned louder and longer.
The Broken Sword|Dennison WorthingtonWhy should they not unswathe the world from its swaddling-clothes before an audience which would fill our largest halls?
"I will wait till to-morrow," said Northwick, and he began to unswathe and unbutton, but so feebly that Bird noticed.
The Quality of Mercy|W. D. HowellsLiving beings were about to appear, pillagers of tombs, no doubt, come to unswathe them all!
Egypt (La Mort De Philae)|Pierre Loti