unbreast

English

Etymology

un- +‎ breast

Verb

unbreast (third-person singular simple present unbreasts, present participle unbreasting, simple past and past participle unbreasted)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To disclose or lay open; to unbosom.
   • 1633, Phineas Fletcher, Piscatorie Eclogues:

     Could'st thou unmask their pomp, unbreast their heart

   • 1889, Richard Yates Sturges, The Angel of Love: And Other Poems, page 82:

     Alas! the wings of Hope, that soar elate, / On earth fall quivering, soon to faint, and cease, / Leaving the unbreasted clouds to darken and increase.

Anagrams

• Eastburn, urbanest