unbuckle
verb (used without object)
to unfasten the buckle or buckles of.
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
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They were unbuckling cartridge belts and throwing them and their side-arms away.
From Sergeant York And His People by Sam K. (Sam Kinkade) Cowan