ungirthv.
transitive. To free from a girth; to release or remove by undoing a girth.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > loosen, unfasten, or untie [verb (transitive)] > free from a band, bond, etc.
undoc930
unbindc950
untrussc1400
untiec1450
ungird1485
ungirth1580
unchain1582
unbrace1593
ungirt1598
unpinion1660
unlash1699
release1779
disengirdle1871
1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Descengler vn cheval, to vngirth a horse.
1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 228 Two knavish wags came, and, ungirthing his saddle, supported it on either hand.
1787 W. Taylor Scots Poems 100 You hear, an e'en ungirth their laigen.
1820 W. Scott Monastery I. ix. 269 Ye may ungirth your horses..and dismiss.
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