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unharness
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un·har·ness
/
ʌnˈhɑr
nɪs
/
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[
uhn-
hahr
-nis
]
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verb (used with object)
1.
to strip of harness; detach the harness from (a horse, mule, etc.).
2.
to divest of armor, as a knight or warhorse.
Origin:
1400–50;
Middle English
onharnesen.
See
un-
2
,
harness
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unharness
(ʌnˈhɑːnɪs)
—
vb
1.
to remove the harness from (a horse, etc)
2.
archaic
to remove the armour from
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Word Origin & History
unharness
c.1435, "divest of armor," from
un-
(2) +
harness
(v.). Cf. Du. ontharnassen "to disarm." Meaning "to free (a horse) from harness" is recorded from 1611.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Now have them unload their gun, lower it down off the stand,
unharness
themselves and safely descend from the tree stand.
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