unharness

un·har·ness (

n-här

tr.v. un·har·nessed, un·har·ness·ing, un·har·ness·es

1. To remove the harness or similar equipment from.

2. To release or liberate (energy or passions, for example).

3. To remove the armor from (a wearer).

unharness [ʌnˈhɑːnɪs]

vb (tr)

1. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Horse Training, Riding & Manège) to remove the harness from (a horse, etc.)

2. (Military / Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) Archaic to remove the armour from

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Verb

unharness - remove the harness from; "unharness a horse"

animal husbandry - breeding and caring for farm animals

unhitch - unfasten or release from or as if from a hitch

outspan - remove the yoke or harness from; "outspan the draft animals"

harness, tackle - put a harness; "harness the horse"

Translations

unharness [ˈʌnˈhɑːnɪs] VT → desguarnecer

unharness

vt horse → abschirren; (from carriage) → abspannen; (fig) energy → freisetzen

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animal husbandry
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I make bold to inform your honor that the rude peasants here don't wish to let the mistress leave the estate, and threaten to unharness her horses, so that though everything has been packed up since morning, her excellency cannot get away.

War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

Levin was vexed both at being hindered from shooting and at his horses getting stuck in the mud, and still more at the fact that neither Stepan Arkadyevitch nor Veslovsky helped him and the coachman to unharness the horses and get them out, since neither of them had the slightest notion of harnessing.

Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

Zeb walked down again to unharness Jim, who, when he found himself free, rolled over a few times and then settled down to sleep, with Eureka nestling comfortably beside his big, boney body.

Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context

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