untackle en · VERB
Etymology
From un- + tackle.
Meanings
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To unhitch; to unharness.
For charges so little much quiet is won, If strongly and handsomely all things be done; But use to untackle them once in a day, To rub and to lick them , to drink and to play
1557 February 13 (Gregorian calendar), Thomas Tusser, A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie, London: […] Richard Tottel, →OCLC; republished London: […] Robert Triphook, […], and William Sancho, […], 1810, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| untackled | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| untackled | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| untackling | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| untackles | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |