Untrice
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Untrice is a verb meaning (transitive, nautical) To release something previously triced, i.e., hoisted and tied up.
Meaning
(transitive, nautical) To release something previously triced, i.e., hoisted and tied up.
Example Sentences
I walked forward and untriced the bowsprit dolphin-striker, to get ready for sailing.
Then ordering the boy of the mess to untrice his hammock, and staggering towards it, after several attempts he succeeded in springing into it from a chest, […]
Word Forms
- untrices
- untricing
- untriced
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include untruss, trice, unanchor, unlay, untie, unreeve.
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