unbrace

[ uhn-breys ]
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verb (used with object),un·braced, un·brac·ing.
  1. to remove the braces of.

  2. to free from tension; relax.

  1. to weaken.

Origin of unbrace

1
1350–1400; Middle English unbracen to free of clothing or armor. See un-2, brace

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How to use unbrace in a sentence

  • But the unbraced feet and the chug of the ball were too much for his balance.

  • He was hatless and unbraced, and his feet were bare and cut and covered with blood.

    Back o' the Moon | Oliver Onions
  • There is little of the ogival style about these narrow loophole windows, these diagonals unbraced by flying buttresses.

    How France Built Her Cathedrals | Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly
  • The funeral procession began from the State House, attended with two unbraced drums.

  • He unbraced successively each of six minus one braced trouser buttons, arranged in pairs, of which one incomplete.

    Ulysses | James Joyce

British Dictionary definitions for unbrace

unbrace

/ (ʌnˈbreɪs) /


verb(tr)
  1. to remove tension or strain from; relax

  2. to remove a brace or braces from

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