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unˈsling, v.
[un-2 3, 4 b.]
trans. To detach from a sling; to free from being slung or suspended.
(a)1630Capt. J. Smith True Trav. xx. 40 Many of them were got to the top to unsling the maine saile. 1783in Naval Chron. (1802) VIII. 364 [We] unslung our lower yards. 1815Burney Falconer's Marine Dict. 603/2 To unsling is to take off the slings from boats, butts, buoys, yards, etc. 1839F. A. Griffiths Artill. Man. 187, [No.] 7..slings, and unslings the gun, and lashes it to the pry pole.
(b)1688Holme Armoury iii. xix. (Roxb.) 153/1 Vnsling your musket. 1798Naval Chron. XXV. 200 An Arab..unslung his carbine. 1818Scott Rob Roy xxx, He..commanded his soldiers to unsling their firelocks. 1838James Robber iii, Lord Harold unslung his sword, and gave it to one of the servants. 1865Visct. Milton & W. B. Cheadle N.-W. Passage by Land vii. 101 He unslings his pack, and sets to work to construct a..wooden trap. |