Definition of "unhorsing" [unhorsing]

• Present participle of unhorse. (verb)

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• "They may or may not succeed in unhorsing their opponent."
• "At a time when the industrial problem is pressing upon us with ever increasing power, it is discouraging to hear grown Americans prattling of "unhorsing" economic adversaries -- priding themselves on polemical fence, like shyster lawyers, and seeking victory through sophistry rather than truth by honest inquiry."
• "This for an instant he had thought of doing; but knowing that while "unhorsing" himself the camel might escape, he had voluntarily remained on its back, in the hope of being able to pull the animal up."