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Definition of "ungird" []

  • To loosen the girdle or band of. (verb)
  • To unbind or unload. (verb)

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Use "ungird" in a sentence
  • "I realise that the queer sensibility tries to "ungird" and de-stabilize our sense of what is and isn't "natural"."
  • "I prithee now, ungird thy strangeness and tell me what I shall vent to my lady: shall I vent to her that thou art coming?"
  • "Several times Domino seemed to lose her stomach for the fight, but Switters, operating on not much more than a hunch, propped her up, girded her loins (though he might have preferred to ungird them), and pushed her back into the fray."
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