verb transitiveWord forms: unˈstepped or unˈstepping
Nautical
to remove (a mast) from its step or socket
unstep in American English
(unˈstep)
transitive verbWord forms: -stepped, -stepping
to lift from its step, as a mast
Word origin
[1850–55; un-2 + step]This word is first recorded in the period 1850–55. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: clear-cut, cloakroom, ethylene, heavyweight, mugginsun- is a prefix freely used in English to form verbs expressing a reversal of some actionor state, or removal, deprivation, release, etc. (unbend; uncork; unfasten; etc.), or to intensify the force of a verb already having such a meaning (unloose)