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dishelming

dishelming is the present participle and gerund of dishelm.

Meaning of dishelm

Verb

dishelm (third-person singular simple present dishelms, present participle dishelming, simple past and past participle dishelmed)

  1. (ambitransitive, poetic) To deprive of a helmet.
    • Lying stark, dishelmed and mute, and motionlessly pale.1847, Alfred Tennyson, “(please specify the page number, or |part=Prologue, I to VII, or conclusion)”, in The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC

Questions about dishelming

What is dishelming the present participle and gerund of?
Dishelming is the present participle and gerund of dishelm.

Words near dishelming in the dictionary

  1. disheiring
  2. disheirs
  3. Dishel
  4. dishelm
  5. dishelmed
  6. dishelming
  7. dishelms
  8. Dishels
  9. disher
  10. disher scoop
  11. disher scoops

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