unharbour
unharbour verb: to drive (someone, or something such as hunting game) from harbour or shelter.
Verb
unharbour (third-person singular simple present unharbours, present participle unharbouring, simple past and past participle unharboured)
- To drive (someone, or something such as hunting game) from harbour or shelter.
- [I]f the Harte ſhould rowze for feare a farre of [off], his hound (hunting vpon the winde) might carie him amiſſe, ſo that he ſhould not finde the layre. Whereby (⁊ by yͤ foyles about it) he might haue certain iudgement: and if he rowze or vnharbor the Deare ⁊ find the layre, let him not blow ouer...1575, Jacques du Fouilloux, “How a Huntsman should Rowze an Hart, and Cast off His Hounds to Him”, in George Gascoigne, transl., The Noble Art of Venerie or Hunting. […], London: […] Thomas Purfoot...
Forms of unharbour
| third-person singular present | unharbours |
|---|---|
| present participle | unharbouring |
| past participle | unharboured |
| past | unharboured |
| alternative form | unharbor |
Origin of unharbour
From un- + harbour.
Questions about unharbour
- What does unharbour mean?
- Unharbour means to drive (someone, or something such as hunting game) from harbour or shelter.
- What part of speech is unharbour?
- Unharbour is a verb.
- What is the past tense of unharbour?
- The past tense of unharbour is unharboured.
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