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dismailing

dismailing is the present participle and gerund of dismail.

Meaning of dismail

Verb

dismail (third-person singular simple present dismails, present participle dismailing, simple past and past participle dismailed)

  1. (archaic) To remove the chainmail or armour from (someone).
    • Their mightie ſtrokes their haberieons diſmayld, / And naked made each others manly ſpalles; […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 30, page 265

Questions about dismailing

What is dismailing the present participle and gerund of?
Dismailing is the present participle and gerund of dismail.

Words near dismailing in the dictionary

  1. dislustred
  2. dislustres
  3. dislustring
  4. dismail
  5. dismailed
  6. dismailing
  7. dismails
  8. dismal
  9. dismal Dora
  10. dismal Doras
  11. dismal Jimmies

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