unback

English

Etymology

un- +‎ back

Verb

unback (third-person singular simple present unbacks, present participle unbacking, simple past and past participle unbacked)

1. (transitive, rare) To remove the back or backing from (something).
   • 1896, Ida Worden Wheeler, chapter 10, in Siegfried the Mystic‎^[1], Boston: Arena Publishing Company, page 109:

     “When you go home,” resumed Josephine, “unback the miniature case and upon the surface opposite the painting you will find these words […] ”

2. (transitive, obsolete) To deprive (a horse) of its rider.
   • 1599, Henry Petowe, Philochasander and Elanira‎^[2], London: Thomas Purfoot:

     Her horse againe this Princesse must vnbacke,