Unsheathe
[ʌn'ʃiːð]
Definition
(verb.) draw from a sheath or scabbard; 'the knight unsheathed his sword'.
Checker: Sylvia--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To deprive of a sheath; to draw from the sheath or scabbard, as a sword.
Checked by Ida
Definition
v.t. to draw from the sheath or scabbard as a sword.
Editor: Tamara
Examples
- I could see messengers running swiftly through the audience, and as they passed the nobles there unsheathed their swords and sprang into the arena. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- She would lie always unsheathed in sleep, unrelieved, unsaved. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The Disinherited Knight sprung from his steed, and also unsheathed his sword. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- She lay always so unsheathed in sleep. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
Edited by Debra