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unsaddling

unsaddling is the present participle and gerund of unsaddle.

Meaning of unsaddle

Verb

unsaddle (third-person singular simple present unsaddles, present participle unsaddling, simple past and past participle unsaddled)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To remove a saddle.
    • […] sette him vppe, and tye him in his bridle to the bare Racke, and all to rubbe and chafe him, insomuch that if hee be eyther wette with sweate or any other thing, you leaue hym not till he be as dry as may be, then vnsaddle him, rub hys backe thorowly […]1593, Gervase Markham, chapter 3, in A Discource of Horsmanshippe, London: Richard Smith
  2. (transitive) To throw (a rider) from the saddle.

Noun

unsaddling (countable and uncountable, plural unsaddlings)

  1. The act of removing a saddle.
    • Every stable is crammed with horses; and Sir Richard Grenvil’s house is like a very tavern, with eating, and drinking, and unsaddling, and running to and fro of grooms and serving-men.1855, Charles Kingsley, “How Amyas Came Home the First Time”, in Westward Ho!: Or, The Voyages and Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, […], volume I, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Macmillan & Co....
    • And so through all the racket and noise of two or three saddlings and unsaddlings, he remained quite undisturbed, and came out of it much the best.1901, Sidney Peel, “Up to the Transvaal”, in Trooper 8008 I Y, London: Edward Arnold […], →OCLC, page 134
    Antonyms:
    saddling

Antonyms of unsaddling

Forms of unsaddling

pluralunsaddlings

Questions about unsaddling

What does unsaddling mean?
Unsaddling means the act of removing a saddle.
What is unsaddling the present participle and gerund of?
Unsaddling is the present participle and gerund of unsaddle.
What part of speech is unsaddling?
Unsaddling is a noun.
What is the plural of unsaddling?
The plural of unsaddling is unsaddlings.

Words near unsaddling in the dictionary

  1. unsaddening
  2. unsaddens
  3. unsaddle
  4. unsaddled
  5. unsaddles
  6. unsaddling
  7. unsaddlings
  8. unsadistic
  9. unsadistically
  10. unsadly
  11. unsadness

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