▪ I. † unˈbelt, ppl. a. Obs.
[un-1 8 b.]
Unbelted.
| 1662 Hibbert Body Divinity i. 130 Truely here (as one saith well) if ever unbelt unblest; he is a loose man that wants this girdle of sincerity. |
▪ II. unˈbelt, v.
[un-2 4 and 5.]
1. trans. To ungird.
| 1483 Cath. Angl. 27/2 To vn Belte, discingere, incingere. |
2. To detach or remove (a sword, etc.) by unfastening the belt.
| 1814 Scott Ld. of Isles iii. xxiii, But why waste time in idle words? Sit to your cheer—unbelt your swords. 1825 ― Talism. xxvii, As if thy knight, who hath not yet buckled on his armour, were unbelting it in triumph. 1879 J. D. Long æneid ix. 389 From off His shoulder he unbelts the golden sword. |