unbuckledadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈbʌkld/, U.S. /ˌənˈbək(ə)ld/ 1. Having the buckle undone.In quot. c1723 misused for ‘not unbuckled’ (see unbuckle v. 2).
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1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) i. 42 There sholde ye haue seen..many..helmes vnbocled and sore beten.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 245 His starrie Helme unbuckl'd shew'd him prime In Manhood. View more context for this quotation
c1723 A. Ramsay Nuptials 145 That zone..lang unbuckled grows a hatefu' thing.
1809 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 21 389 The girths being unbuckled, the whole of the back may be exposed and dressed.
1825 W. Scott Talisman ii, in Tales Crusaders III. 31 The long and ponderous Gothic war-sword which was flung unbuckled on the same sod.
2. Having the buckle not fastened.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > [adjective] > loose, unfastened, or untied > not fastened in other specific manner
unpinneda1393
unlaced1447
unnailed?1572
unrooted1604
ungirthed1628
unlatched1651
unchained1664
unlooped1716
unbolted1793
unbelted1814
unhinged1824
unclasped1825
unpulleyed1839
strapless1846
unwelded1846
unroped1849
unhasped1856
unwhipped1867
unbuckled1874
unsoldered1876
stringless1882
unspiked1902
unclipped1922
unzippered1936
unzipped1940
1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. vii. 220 Whilst in the boats they are to keep them unbuckled.
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