untacklev.
1. transitive. To strip (a vessel) of tackle. Hence untackled adj.
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society > travel > travel by water > shipwreck > [adjective] > having lost tackle, rigging, or mast
untackled1552
distackled1586
unriggeda1593
unmasted1669
dismasted1769
society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [verb (transitive)] > remove (parts or equipment) > specific
untackle1552
unrig1562
unhang1600
unshroud1608
unstock1706
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Vntakle a shyppe, exarmare nauem.
1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales ii. v. 40 At length the sea growing lower, and the wind more fauourable; the lame and vntackled shippes..returned.
1626 W. Laud Fast Serm. 15 That no Tempest may vntackle them,..or hewe down their Masts.
1656 W. Davenant Siege of Rhodes i. 4 I'le to our Gallies haste, Untackle ev'ry Mast.
2. To unharness (a horse).
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [verb (transitive)] > tack or harness > unharness
untackle1574
ungear1598
unharness1611
unclose?1614
unrig1690
outspan1815
unshut1817
untack1962
1574 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 25v But vse to vntakle them, once in a day.
1885 Evening News 25 July 2/6 I then untackled the horse from the car.
3. To free from tackling or fastenings.
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the world > space > place > absence > be absent from [verb (transitive)] > free from fastenings
untackle1905
1905 ‘Q’ Shining Ferry iv Groping for the rod, [she] drew the float ashore and untackled it.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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