单词 | unhelm |
释义 | unhelmv. 1. reflexive and transitive. To divest (oneself or another) of a helmet. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > helmet > cover or furnish with helmet [verb (transitive)] > divest of helmet unhelmc1400 dishelm1477 uncasque1818 society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > helmet > wear helmet [verb (reflexive)] > take off helmet unhelmc1400 unhelmet1823 reflexive. transitive.1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur x. lxxxvi. 565 Thenne they vnarmed them. And whanne syre Launcelot was vnhelmed, sir Tristram and syr Palomydes knewe hym.1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. clxviii. 468 Eche of them strake other on their helmes... With yt ataynt the lorde of saynt Pye was vnhelmed.1587 T. Hughes Misfortunes Arthur v. i Vnhealme his luckelesse head, set bare his face.1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe I. xii. 256 The marshals..unhelmed him by cutting the laces of his casque.1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold III. xii. ix. 378 They unhelmed another corpse.c1400 Pilgr. Sowle (1483) iv. xxxviii. 66 This knyght..vnhelmed hym, and come before the kynge. c1468 in Archaeol. (1846) XXXI. 338 Then the Duke unhelmed hyme, and..chargid pece in paine of deth. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 825/1 When the iusts were doone, the king & all the other vnhelmed them, & rode about the tilt. 1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 100 Striving to unhelme himself.., he taking his brothers hand, would needs kisse it. 1801 J. Strutt Glig-gamena Angel-ðeod iii. i. 124 The laws of the tournament permitted any one of the combatants to unhelm himself at pleasure. 1866 G. A. Lawrence Sans Merci xli The five kings..unhelmed themselves to quench their thirst. 2. intransitive. To take off one's own helmet. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > helmet > wear helmet [verb (intransitive)] > take off helmet unhelm1865 1865 J. M. Ludlow Epics Middle Ages II. 228 Nor will she let William in till he has unhelmed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < v.c1400 |
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