unmailv.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈmeɪl/, U.S.

/ˌənˈmeɪl/

Forms: see un- prefix² and mail n.³

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix², mail n.³

Etymology: < un- prefix² + mail n.³ Compare Middle Dutch ontmaelgeren . Compare also later dismail v. and the foreign-language parallels cited at that entry.

archaic and rare in later use.

†1. transitive. To break through or remove (a coat of mail). Obsolete.In quot. c1460 in figurative context: to break down (a person's defences).

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > body armour > wear body armour [verb (transitive)] > detach links of (mail coat)

unmailc1460

c1460 (a1449) J. Lydgate Fabula Duorum Mercatorum (Harl.) l. 668 in Minor Poems (1934) ii. 508 How many a man hath Fortune assayled.., Her habiriownys of steel also vnmayled!

1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) iii. 79 Ye sholde haue seen..many a goode haubergen vnmayled.

1860 J. S. Blackie Lyrical Poems 149 I will unmail me here.

2. transitive. To remove the shell of (a crustacean). Cf. mail n.³ 2d.In quot. 2006 apparently with direct allusion to quot. c1475.

ΚΠ

c1475 in Trans. Philol. Soc. (1911–14) 56 Crabbe ys mynyde..Crauys ys vn maylyde.

2006 C. Dart-Thornton Well of Tears v. 140 ‘Chine the bream, gobbet the trout!’ he declared. ‘Unmail the crayfish, and as for the crab, tame and mime him!’

Derivatives

† unmailing n. Obsolete

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > body armour > [noun] > coat of mail or corselet > breaking links of

unmailing1578

1578 M. Tyler tr. D. Ortúñez de Calahorra Mirrour Princely Deedes xxi. f. 48^v He set Raiartes in such a heat..that the vnlacing of his helme and the vnmayli [n] g of his armour could scar[c]e giue him breath inough.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Desmaillure, an vnmailing; an vndoing..of maile.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	unmail
释义	unmailv. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈmeɪl/, U.S. /ˌənˈmeɪl/ Forms: see un- prefix² and mail n.³ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix², mail n.³ Etymology: < un- prefix² + mail n.³ Compare Middle Dutch ontmaelgeren . Compare also later dismail v. and the foreign-language parallels cited at that entry. archaic and rare in later use. †1. transitive. To break through or remove (a coat of mail). Obsolete.In quot. c1460 in figurative context: to break down (a person's defences). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > body armour > wear body armour [verb (transitive)] > detach links of (mail coat) unmailc1460 c1460 (a1449) J. Lydgate Fabula Duorum Mercatorum (Harl.) l. 668 in Minor Poems (1934) ii. 508 How many a man hath Fortune assayled.., Her habiriownys of steel also vnmayled! 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) iii. 79 Ye sholde haue seen..many a goode haubergen vnmayled. 1860 J. S. Blackie Lyrical Poems 149 I will unmail me here. 2. transitive. To remove the shell of (a crustacean). Cf. mail n.³ 2d.In quot. 2006 apparently with direct allusion to quot. c1475. ΚΠ c1475 in Trans. Philol. Soc. (1911–14) 56 Crabbe ys mynyde..Crauys ys vn maylyde. 2006 C. Dart-Thornton Well of Tears v. 140 ‘Chine the bream, gobbet the trout!’ he declared. ‘Unmail the crayfish, and as for the crab, tame and mime him!’ Derivatives † unmailing n. Obsolete ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > body armour > [noun] > coat of mail or corselet > breaking links of unmailing1578 1578 M. Tyler tr. D. Ortúñez de Calahorra Mirrour Princely Deedes xxi. f. 48^v He set Raiartes in such a heat..that the vnlacing of his helme and the vnmayli [n] g of his armour could scar[c]e giue him breath inough. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Desmaillure, an vnmailing; an vndoing..of maile. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.c1460
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