unyoking

But when the third part of the day was still left as it wanes from dawn, and wearied labourers call for the sweet hour of unyoking to come to them straightway, then the fallow was ploughed by the tireless ploughman, four plough-gates though it was; and he loosed the plough from the oxen.

The Argonautica 2008

The soldiers, enraged at the desertion of the Macedonians, vented their rage on all their yokes of oxen which they found on the road, and on any baggage which had tumbled off (as might easily happen in the panic of a night retreat), by unyoking and cutting down the cattle and taking the baggage for themselves.

The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2005

Then six carts came into view, pulled by teams of oxen, the Drenai watched as men milled around the carts, unyoking the beasts.

Waylander Gemmell, David 1986

The Professor, himself, drove the team to the Cataract, and after unyoking them, followed the course of the river down to its mouth, to await the coming of the boys.

The Wonder Island Boys: Exploring the Island Roger Thompson Finlay

Falls of the shafts when unyoking animals from a heavy cart, blows or wounds from the stable fork, wounds resulting from the foot becoming fixed in a gate or a fence, either may equally well set up the mischief.

Diseases of the Horse's Foot Harry Caulton Reeks

And the king soon gave him the horse on the left front of his car, unyoking the animal.

The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

It was at this point, when unyoking our oxen at evening that a large band sneaked over the bluffs for the purpose, as we supposed, of stampeding our cattle.

Dangers of the Trail in 1865 A Narrative of Actual Events H. DeF. [Illustrator] Patterson

After unhitching them from the wagon and unyoking the animals, so they could feed in the meantime, the oil lamps were taken out and carefully examined.

The Wonder Island Boys: Exploring the Island Roger Thompson Finlay

It was now too late to turn back; so, unyoking the oxen, they proceeded to lower the wagons down into the valley by hand, using chains and ropes.

Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania Jewett Castello Gilson

But when the third part of the day was still left as it wanes from dawn, and wearied labourers call for the sweet hour of unyoking to come to them straightway, then the fallow was ploughed by the tireless ploughman, four plough-gates though it was; and he loosed the plough from the oxen.

The Argonautica Apollonius Rhodius