Unroof

Quick meaning: Unroof is a verb meaning To remove a roof from, e.g. a building.

Meaning

To remove a roof from, e.g. a building.

Example Sentences

The rabble should have first unroof'd the city, / Ere so prevail'd with me:

[…] Rain-logged, wind-unroofed, / The manor farm hulked its last use / As landmark. […]

Here Stuarts once in glory reigned, / And laws for Scotland's weal ordained; / But now unroof'd their palace stands, / Their sceptre's sway'd by other hands;

When the workers rejected these terms, some planters threatened to evict them, and others unroofed cottages and turned estate cattle through the workers’ provision grounds.

Word Forms

• unroofs
• unroofing
• unroofed

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include uncovered, disroof, unroost, unrope, tirl, uncrown.

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