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unhorsing

unhorsing is the present participle and gerund of unhorse.

Meaning of unhorse

Verb

unhorse (third-person singular simple present unhorses, present participle unhorsing, simple past and past participle unhorsed)

  1. To forcibly remove from a horse.
    • The knight was unhorsed when his opponent's lance struck his shield.
  2. (broadly) To disrupt or unseat; to remove from a position.
    • The incumbent governor was unhorsed by the scandal that broke during his reelection campaign.

Noun

unhorsing (plural unhorsings)

  1. The forcible removal from a horse

Forms of unhorsing

pluralunhorsings

Questions about unhorsing

What does unhorsing mean?
Unhorsing means the forcible removal from a horse.
What is unhorsing the present participle and gerund of?
Unhorsing is the present participle and gerund of unhorse.
What part of speech is unhorsing?
Unhorsing is a noun.
What is the plural of unhorsing?
The plural of unhorsing is unhorsings.

Words near unhorsing in the dictionary

  1. unhorse
  2. unhorsed
  3. unhorselike
  4. unhorses
  5. unhorsey
  6. unhorsing
  7. unhorsings
  8. unhorsy
  9. unhorticultural
  10. unhosed
  11. unhospitable

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unhorsing (page history and authors); unhorse (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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