unharness

• “After unloading the empties, my dad will unharness Pat, give him a rub-down and his dinner.”

  The Guardian: Family life

• “The sled was upside down and jammed between a tree-trunk and a huge rock, and they were forced to unharness the dogs in order to straighten out the tangle.”

  The Hunger Cry

• “An 'now, just to make everything safe an' comfortable, I'm goin 'to unharness the horses.”

  CHAPTER XI

• “Tommy Hall had no musical experience, but he had something else the band found essential: LSD, the new drug that was thought to unharness artistic creativity.”

  The Washington Post: Archive: The elevator doesn't stop here anymore. Music legend Roky Erickson, godfather of the psychedelic sound, survived the '60s. Sort of.

• “The only thing that could be done was to let those who could not hold in their teams unharness some of the dogs and tie them on the sledge.”

  The South Pole~ The End of the Winter

• “Horses lash out, the cannons flee; the soldiers of the artillery-train unharness the caissons and use the horses to make their escape; transports overturned, with all four wheels in the air, clog the road and occasion massacres.”

  Les Miserables

• “The next thing to be done was to unharness the horse.”

  The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club

• “Let us seek the temple then, while we can still unharness the dragons without stumbling over straps," Kiron said, catching up the reins of Wastet and Tathulan before they could follow their masters.”

  Aerie

• “After receiving my answer, in which I, of course, expressed my readiness to assent to his proposal, he proceeded to unharness his horse, and, feeling myself much better,”

  Lavengro

• “‘Afraid!’ growled the fellow, proceeding to unharness his horse; ‘that was the word, I think.’”

  Lavengro

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