Definition of "uncase" [un•case]

• To take out of a case or covering; to uncover. (verb)
• To strip; to flay. (verb)
• To display, or spread to view, as a flag, or the colors of a military body. (verb)

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• ""As fate would have it, I now give the order to case the colors," Gen. Austin said, referring to a long-established military ritual in which regiments "uncase" their identifying colors when arriving for deployments, and "case" them when they pack up to leave."
• "Combat units "uncase" their identifying colors when they arrive for deployments, and "case" them when they pack up to leave."
• "Others, perhaps seized by the irrationality that could take men in battle, dropped their lances and tried to uncase their own horse-bows."