What is "unstrap"

Usage examples of "unstrap".

The burthens unstrapped from the pack-saddles very quickly furnished our den: a couple of quilts spread upon the floor, with a carpet-bag at the head of each, became capital sofas - portmanteaus, and hat-boxes, and writing-cases, and books, and maps, and gleaming arms soon lay strewed around us in pleasant confusion.

She parked on gravel, unstrapped Melanie from her car seat, and ascended the steps with the baby riding her hip.

Ducking his head once to glance out the forward viewport at Pegasus, he unstrapped and kicked off aft, collecting a pair of crewers on the way.

Unstrapping the quiver from around his chest, he draped it over his left shoulder, replacing the dirks one by one until they were arranged to his liking.

Friday shrugged, unstrapped his various pistols and knives, and placed them gently on the table, then walked out to join the others.

She reached back and unstrapped the Remington, taking comfort in the solid, balanced weight of the shotgun.

Scowling, Joe unstrapped his sixgun and hung it on a nail at the head of his bunk.

She must get free of the sling to defend herself, but when her hand moves to unstrap the pressure bags, Sitor Ananta lays a moist hand on hers.

Samantha, sez he, a beginnin' to unstrap 'em, "I put 'em on because I wanted to feel like a savage.

They all watched with interest while Craig unstrapped his leg and laid it carefully aside.

She signaled to Edge that she too was ready to dismount, so he went to unstrap her and her back brace from the saddle and settle her in the wheelchair.

In a couple of minutes I had managed to shove through the unstrapped rifle, ammunition, web gear and butt pack (which I'd been bright enough to take off when the tunnel narrowed), canteen, pump, and finally the empty pack itself.

A trooper unstrapped the rolled blanket from behind his saddle, spread it on the scraggly twistgrass beneath the carob tree, and set out a canteen, two cups and a piece of Colonial flat biscuit with a small twist of gray salt on it.

Keff said, unstrapping his belt and laser epee and throwing himself into the crash seat at the control console.

He was still surprised at how run-down the layout was, despite how fresh the bark on the unstrapped bark of the mostly lodgepole pine construction looked.