unbelt

unbelt [uhn-belt] ExamplesWord Origin verb (used with object)

1. to remove the belt from.
2. to remove by undoing a supporting belt: to unbelt a sword.

Origin of unbelt First recorded in 1475–85; un-2 + belt belted [bel-tid] adjective

1. having or made with a belt: a belted dress.
2. wearing or girded with a belt, especially as a mark of distinction: the belted lords and emissaries.
3. marked with a band of color different from that of the rest of the body: a belted cow.

Origin of belted First recorded in 1475–85; belt + -ed3 Related formssem·i·belt·ed, adjectiveun·belt·ed, adjective Related Words for unbelted release, unloose, undo, unbelt Examples from the Web for unbelted Historical Examples of unbelted

She wanted to be naked with him, and she threw off her outer tunic, unbelted her red silk gown, and pulled it over her head.

The Saracen: The Holy War

Robert Shea

Costa was unbelted and out the door while Neel was still feeling his insides shiver back into shape.

The K-Factor

Harry Harrison (AKA Henry Maxwell Dempsey)

He wore a gun, which he had unbelted and placed within reach of his hand on the grass.

The Alaskan

James Oliver Curwood

British Dictionary definitions for unbelted unbelt verb (tr)

1. to unbuckle the belt of (a garment)
2. to remove (something) from a belt