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unhelmet en · VERB

Etymology

From un- + helmet.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To remove the helmet from.
   • In spite of all that Durward could say of the slightness of his hurt, he was compelled to dismount, and to seat himself on a bank, and unhelmet himself 1823, [Walter Scott], Quentin Durward. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC:
2. (intransitive) To take off a helmet
   • Due to security protocols—ones I had devised—I had to unhelmet at the front gate and a guard with a slavering dog met me in the circular drive. 2005, Faith Hunter, Dark Heir:

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