The Collaborative International Dictionary
Unhead
Unhead \Un*head"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + head.]
To take out the head of; as, to unhead a cask.
To decapitate; to behead. [Obs.]
--T. Brown.
Wiktionary
unhead
vb. (context transitive English) To remove the lid from (a barrel or cask).
Usage examples of "unhead".
Grimes, after drinking his fill, had overturned the unheaded puncheon, and the greedy sand had absorbed every drop of liquor.