单词 | unsling |
释义 | unslingv. transitive. To detach from a sling; to free from being slung or suspended. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > use or wield (a weapon) [verb (transitive)] > unsling or unsheathe drawlOE unsheathea1542 unsling1630 unsheaf1658 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > detach [verb (transitive)] > detach in other specific manner unnaila1400 to pull offa1425 nipc1450 unlink1569 unhook1611 unhinge1616 unsling1630 to pinch off1654 untack1693 unstring1697 peel1787 unbolt1793 unthong1829 unswing1835 unshackle1840 unsnap1862 unbraze1898 delink1899 (a) (b)1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xix. 153/1 Vnsling your musket.1798 Naval Chron. 25 200 An Arab..unslung his carbine.1817 W. Scott Rob Roy III. iii. 77 He..commanded his soldiers to unsling their firelocks.1838 G. P. R. James Robber I. iii. 54 Lord Harold unslung his sword, and gave it to one of the servants.1865 Visct. Milton & W. B. Cheadle N.-W. Passage by Land vii. 101 He unslings his pack, and sets to work to construct a..wooden trap.1630 J. Smith True Trav. xx. 40 Many of them were got to the top to unsling the maine saile. 1783 in Naval Chron. (1802) 8 364 [We] unslung our lower yards. 1815 W. Burney Falconer's New Universal Dict. Marine (rev. ed.) Unsling, is to take off the slings from boats, butts, buoys, yards, &c. 1839 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. 187 [No.] 7..slings, and unslings the gun, and lashes it to the pry pole. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1630 |
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