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unhelmeting

unhelmeting is the present participle and gerund of unhelmet.

Meaning of unhelmet

Verb

unhelmet (third-person singular simple present unhelmets, present participle unhelmeting, simple past and past participle unhelmeted)

  1. (transitive) To remove the helmet from.
    • In spite of all that Durward could say of the slightness of his hurt, he was compelled to dismount, and to seat himself on a bank, and unhelmet himself1823, [Walter Scott], Quentin Durward. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC
  2. (intransitive) To take off a helmet
    • Due to security protocols—ones I had devised—I had to unhelmet at the front gate and a guard with a slavering dog met me in the circular drive.2005, Faith Hunter, Dark Heir

Questions about unhelmeting

What is unhelmeting the present participle and gerund of?
Unhelmeting is the present participle and gerund of unhelmet.

Words near unhelmeting in the dictionary

  1. unhellish
  2. unhelm
  3. unhelmed
  4. unhelmet
  5. unhelmeted
  6. unhelmeting
  7. unhelmets
  8. unhelming
  9. unhelms
  10. unhelp
  11. unhelpability

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