English Explanatory Dictionary

ungird

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To loosen or remove the girdle or band of.
  2. To unbind or unload.

Word forms

ungird ungirds ungirding ungirded

Etymology

From un- + gird; or possibly continuing Middle English ungirden, ungurden, from Old English ungyrdan (“to ungird”). Cognate with German entgürten (“to ungird”).

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