ungirthedadj.
Not provided with, or secured by, a girth. Also figurative.
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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
1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. ix. sig. I4v Many times, honest Industry spends a man more, then the vngirthed Solaces, of a sensuall Libertine.
1813 W. Scott Rokeby (ed. 2) vi. 413 The major..clapped the saddle, ungirthed as it was, upon his horse.
1901 Westm. Gaz. 13 Aug. 8/2 If..there had been a saddle thrown upon the pony, it was ungirthed.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online March 2020).
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adj.1628