ungirth
ungirth verb: to unfasten or remove a girth or belt from.
Verb
ungirth (third-person singular simple present ungirths, present participle ungirthing, simple past and past participle ungirthed)
- To unfasten or remove a girth or belt from.
- Suffice it that the Lord Abbot had ordered these, our zealous and faithful vassals, instantly to set forth to guard thee from imminent peril–Ye may ungirth your horses, children, and dismiss; and, tomorrow, each who was at this rendezvous may send to the convent kitchen for a quarter of a yard of...1820, Sir Walter Scott, The Monastery
- The man remonstrated, saying he was going a long journey; that his horse was his property and would be lost in Smyrna, and alleged several other good reasons for refusing compliance : but Mustafa made no other reply than that he would have the horse, and, raising his whip, used such threatening...1846, Charles Lewis Meryon, Travels of Lady Hester Stanhope
Forms of ungirth
| third-person singular present | ungirths |
|---|---|
| present participle | ungirthing |
| past participle | ungirthed |
| past | ungirthed |
Origin of ungirth
From un- + girth.
Questions about ungirth
- What does ungirth mean?
- Ungirth means to unfasten or remove a girth or belt from.
- What part of speech is ungirth?
- Ungirth is a verb.
- What is the past tense of ungirth?
- The past tense of ungirth is ungirthed.
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