What is "uncased"

Usage examples of "uncased".

Some of the galloping horsemen had flung down their lances and uncased their horsebows.

Despite his evident fearhis rolling eyes and distended nostrilsthe palomino stallion stood still as a statue, while his noble rider calmly uncased and strung his hornbow.

While his companions drew swords or readied lances or uncased darts, Mai unslung his horn and winded the signal upon which he and his lieutenants had agreed.

Nonetheless, Bili rode with his visor down and his uncased axe laid ready across his wide-flaring pommel.

A couple of the clansmen uncased bows and hastily nocked arrows, but Bili mindspoke.

Sergeant Reeguhn uncased his mercy-axe and placed it on the well-cropped grass of the tiny glade, straightened and stepped back.

Her arms were half-bare to the cool air, and her slender, fair neck uncased from its sheath of gorgetted steel.

The Cornishmen of the 32nd marched in, the 36th of Hereford, and all of them marched with colours uncased, colours that stirred in the small wind and showed off the musket and cannon scars of the smoke-tinged flags.

The three-piece group wandered in and uncased their instruments, old-fashioned keyboarded synths.

Some few armored and armed noblemen and gentlemen backed and flanked him, but no one weapon was uncased and most sat unhelmeted, which was reassuring to the approaching party.

After a moment of silence, Sergeant Reeguhn uncased his mercy axe and placed it on the well-cropped grass of the tiny glade, straightened and stepped back.

Bili lifted his baldric from off the pommel, uncased the sword and dropped baldric and sheath to the ground.