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unhorse

[ uhn-hawrs ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

, un·horsed, un·hors·ing.

to cause to fall from a horse, as in battle; dislodge from the saddle:
Sir Gawain unhorsed the strange knight.
to defeat; overcome; dislodge, as from a position or office:
His vigorous campaign unhorsed his adversary.

unhorse

/ ʌnˈhɔːs /

Origin of unhorse¹

First recorded in 1350–1400, unhorse is from the Middle English word unhorsen. See un- ², horse

Have you not a minute ago seen Mazurec unhorse a knight all alone, with his stick and only a handful of sand?

The object of the young Irishman was to unhorse, or rather un-camel, his antagonist, and get him to the ground.

Scarcely did I catch her words, for a man sprang in, seizing my bridle-rein and leg and struggling to unhorse me.

They deal such blows upon their shields that, beside the wounded, they unhorse more than five hundred of them.

Thus the point of the fir-tree caught him upon the shoulder and came near to unhorse him.

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