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Meanings of unhorse in English

Portuguese
apear-se
Catalan
desmuntar
Spanish
apearse

Alight from (a horse)

        apear-se
        Usage of unhorse in English
        1
        Balman said he would unhorse him and finish him as he lay st-st-stunned.
        A feast for crows
        2
        And if thou abidest were thou art, he will unhorse thee.
        The Lilac Fairy Book
        3
        And neither of them was able to unhorse the other.
        Bulfinch's Mythology
        4
        Would that he had been the one to unhorse me.
        A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
        5
        If the troopers interfere, unhorse them, an' bolt the nags.
        In the Roaring Fifties
        6
        He did not know at what instant this uneasy animal would rear and unhorse him.
        Dick Prescott's Second Year at West Point / Or, Finding the Glor...
        7
        He thought with the shock to unhorse Rire-pour-tout, and finish him then at his leisure.
        Under Two Flags
        8
        Again it passes through thorny woods with overhanging branches which continually threaten to unhorse the rider.
        Santo Domingo: A Country with a Future
        9
        Then grappling, each endeavored to unhorse the other.
        National Epics
        10
        The bounty hunter's unhorse runs from him and into rock, leaving an animal-shaped bruise of lichen.
        Iron Council
        11
        As a result, the survivor focused its attention on trying to unhorse her and drag her down.
        A Day Dark as Night
        12
        Thus the point of the fir-tree caught him upon the shoulder and came near to unhorse him.
        The Blue Flower
        13
        Now I shall do my endeavor to unhorse thee as I would an acknowledged peer in arms.
        Men of Iron
        14
        It will unhorse our cranks and soft-brains.
        The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II
        15
        If we can unhorse them and keep our own saddles, the advantage is ours. He glanced to Dunk.
        A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
        16
        To challenge, lay his lance in rest, charge, and unhorse his opponent, was an easy matter for Charlemagne.
        Legends of the Middle Ages / Narrated with Special Reference to ...
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        Translations for unhorse
        Portuguese
        apear-se
        Catalan
        desmuntar
        Unhorse through the time