UNLACE

v.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

To loose by undoing a lacing; as, to unlace a shoe.

2.
v.

To loose the dress of; to undress; hence, to expose; to disgrace. What's the matter, That you unlace your reputation thus Shak.

3.
v.

To loose, and take off, as a bonnet from a sail, or to cast off, as any lacing in any part of the rigging of a vessel. Totten.


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