unloopv.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈluːp/, U.S. /ˌənˈlup/ transitive. To unfasten by undoing a loop or loops.
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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)] > undo specific fastening
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1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 45 Which made her at breake of day..to vnloope her luket or casement.
1738 J. Railton Army's Regulator 147 A shower of rain..oblig'd that valiant Officer to dismount, call for his Great Coat, button up the Cape, unloop his Hat, and stand with his Back to the Men.
1752 W. Goodall Adventures Capt. Greenland III. xi. 93 I was obliged to unloop my Hat to defend my Face from the Intensity of that glorious Object.
1840 R. Browning Sordello iii. 759 Slouch bonnet, unloop mantle, careless go Alone..Through Venice.
1876 T. Ashe Songs Now & Then 46 Unloop the wild profusion of her hair.
1914 Boys' Life Jan. 32/2 To pack the outfit unloop the bare wire.
1920 Reedy's Mirror 22 Jan. 61/1 He unlooped the first button.
2006 Daily News (N.Y.) (Nexis) 31 Dec. 4 He looks straight ahead as the man to his left unloops the noose.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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