unˈstrike, v.
[un-2 9.]
(See quot. 1678.)
| 1614 Latham Falconry i. iii. 10 Then vnstrike her hood, and lure her..with a bitte or two of meate. [1678 Phillips (ed. 4), To Unstrike the hood, in Faulconry, to draw the strings that it may be in a readiness to pull off.] 1852 R. F. Burton Falconry Valley Indus iii. 26 After slipping the knot that held the jesses to the leash, I gently ‘unstruck’ my Shikrah's hood, [and] pulled it off. |