unswathe
[ uhn-swoth , -sweyth ]
/ ʌnˈswɒð, -ˈsweɪð /
verb (used with object), un·swathed, un·swath·ing.
to free from something that swathes: to unswath the child of her bandages.
OTHER WORDS FROM unswathe
un·swathe·a·ble, adjectiveWords nearby unswathe
Example sentences from the Web for unswathe
This lamentation caused Joshua to unswathe the bandage about his eyes and he groaned louder and longer.
The Broken Sword |Dennison WorthingtonWhy should they not unswathe the world from its swaddling-clothes before an audience which would fill our largest halls?
"I will wait till to-morrow," said Northwick, and he began to unswathe and unbutton, but so feebly that Bird noticed.
The Quality of Mercy |W. D. HowellsLiving beings were about to appear, pillagers of tombs, no doubt, come to unswathe them all!
Egypt (La Mort De Philae) |Pierre Loti