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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
unsaddle
verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ He received a tumultuous welcome on returning to unsaddle, and when the dust settled the plaudits rained down.
▪ The crowd was stunned, and Bachelor's Button returned to unsaddle in almost complete silence.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Unsaddle

Unsaddle \Un*sad"dle\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + saddle.]

  1. To strip of a saddle; to take the saddle from, as a horse.

  2. To throw from the saddle; to unhorse.

Wiktionary
unsaddle

vb. To remove a saddle.

WordNet
unsaddle

v. remove the saddle from; "They unsaddled their mounts" [syn: offsaddle] [ant: saddle]

Usage examples of "unsaddle".

Hubert Saint Nicholas, riding the French bicyclette, number seven, the Supreme, with the rear-wheel drive and the mechanical advantage, was unsaddled from his mount and knocked unconscious.

Her captor began to unsaddle the hather, but, before he finished, he stopped and rubbed his eyes.

Lewen helped her, and then unsaddled Argent, who was looking very bad-tempered, not liking being ridden for such a long time on such stony roads.

After leaving Victoria in front of the hotel, he rode the ill-tempered but bighearted Cyclone out to the end of town, unsaddled then unbridled him and set him free.

As Longarm unsaddled the roan, rubbed it down, and settled it in a stall with grain and water, he reflected on what he had learned so far.

Longarm unsaddled the roan, rubbed it down, and turned it into its usual stall.

I pointed, and I unsaddled the horse and made vaguely hopeful remarks to the mildly pleased owners.

Once back at Naulniah he ordered Diomed unsaddled and rubbed down, then began issuing commands.

Sharpe kicked his horse alongside Daniel Fletcher who was mounted on a big roan mare and leading an unsaddled Diomed by a long rein.

Lan and the boys unsaddled and hobbled the horses while Nynaeve and Egwene set up a small oil stove to make tea.

He led the pony to the shed, unsaddled him, and gave him a small feed.

He took his foot from the stirrup, unsaddled, and carried the saddle into the room.

They reached the barn at the end of this encomium, and Bard unsaddled his horse.

She stayed in the sun, drying out with Nawat as Junai unsaddled and groomed the horses.

Hands on hips, she watched as he led Thunderer back to his stall and unsaddled the huge grey.